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Marlow-Burns house assembly, Los Angeles(?). 1946

Description: Two workers in a low-ceilinged warehouse assemble walls for the Marlow-Burns development company. One of the men is standing on a ladder and applying whitish paper to a building wall that hangs from an overhead pulley. The other man is wiping a piece of the same kind of paper with a brush.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1946
Call number: photCL Whitt 2037 ; Whitt neg. 1808
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Assembly area, Kaiser Community Homes, Los Angeles(?). 1946

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Workers assemble walls for houses in a warehouse of Kaiser Community Homes. The walls lie flat, with men at the top and bottom, working mainly with hammers. A large overhead sign reads "Exterior line no. 1".

photCL Whitt 2045 ; Whitt neg. 1810

Studebaker assembly line, Loma Vista Avenue, Los Angeles. 1936

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Workers guide an automobile frame above an assembly line at the Studebaker assembly plant on Loma Vista in Los Angeles. The frame is suspended from a pulley on an overhead track.

photCL Whitt 2592 ; Whitt neg. 2651

Marlow-Burns Subdivision, Windsor Hills, Los Angeles. December, 1938

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A panoramic view of the Marlow-Burns subdivision in Windsor Hills in Los Angeles. The houses are closely spaced, except where there are empty lots. There is construction work going on on the far right of the image, pouring concrete and laying a foundation. There are several automobiles parked on the near side of the street on the right, but only one on the far side of the street, left of center.

photCL 470 (085)

Studebaker assembly line, Loma Vista Avenue, Los Angeles. 1936

Visual Materials

Workers lower an engine into an automobile frame at the Studebaker assembly plant on Loma Vista in Los Angeles. The engine is suspended from an overhead pulley which one of the men is controlling. The frame of the vehicle is on an assembly line with other vehicle frames in front of and behind it.

photCL Whitt 2593 ; Whitt neg. 2656

Don Lee TV Station, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles. 1941

Visual Materials

A woman in a bikini stands on the ladder of a pool being filmed by a man with a camera that has "Don Lee Television System" on the side. Another man in front of a standing microphone is looking at papers he is holding. The area around the pool lacks any grass or landscaping.

photCL Whitt 1411 ; Whitt neg. 2301

The Fritz Burns “Post-War House” and traffic, Wilshire and Highland, Los Angeles. 1945

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A slightly elevated view of the corner of Wilshire and Highland in Los Angeles. There are numerous automobiles and a school bus on the street. At the corner there is a Shell station with a sign that reads "Good jobs are here". On the other side of the street a house is under construction and is surrounded by signs that read "Post-war house".

photCL Whitt 1118 ; Whitt neg. 1433

Marlow-Burns house assembly, Los Angeles(?). 1946

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