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Kids making movies, View Park, Los Angeles. 1928



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  • Kids making movies, View Park, Los Angeles. 1928

    Kids making movies, View Park, Los Angeles. 1928

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    A group of children film their own Western movie in View Park in Los Angeles. In front of the camera there are two boys dressed in cowboy outfits and a girl holding a baby doll. One of the cowboys stands with his foot resting on the prone body of the other boy, and his arm around the girl. A boy dressed in knickerbockers and a sweater works a camera on a tripod, while a similarly dressed boy watches from the side.

    photCL Whitt 2061 ; Whitt neg. 0237

  • Canoes in a pool, Griffith Park, Los Angeles. 1930

    Canoes in a pool, Griffith Park, Los Angeles. 1930

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    Two canoes with two young men in each float in a pool at Griffith Park in Los Angeles. One of the boys in each boat is standing and holding a long pole with a padded end, which they are trying to push the other boy with. A crowd composed mostly of children and teenagers sit on the pool edge watching. A lifeguard sits in a raised chair.

    photCL Whitt 0756 ; Whitt neg. 0431

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

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

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    Workers inspect nearly completed automobiles at the Studebaker assembly plant on Loma Vista in Los Angeles. One man kneels by the rear driver's side tire with a pencil and clipboard. Three other employees work on the vehicle behind him, which has the hood and driver's side front door open.

    photCL Whitt 2595 ; Whitt neg. 2653

  • Art class, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles. 1930

    Art class, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles. 1930

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    Students painting trees at easels in an art class in Barnsdall Park in Los Angeles. There are three boys and two girls painting at easels, as well as one adult watching the smallest boy.

    photCL Whitt 0752 ; Whitt neg. 0441

  • San Fernando Heights Packing House, Los Angeles County. 1938

    San Fernando Heights Packing House, Los Angeles County. 1938

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    A young man watches oranges on a conveyor belt at the San Fernando Heights Packing House. The oranges, in crates stamped with "S.F.Hts. Orange Assn.", are raised along a vertical conveyor system and poured out onto the conveyor belt.

    photCL Whitt 1611 ; Whitt neg. 1030

  • An award being given for ski jumping at the Hollywood Bowl, 2301 North Highland, Los Angeles. 1935

    An award being given for ski jumping at the Hollywood Bowl, 2301 North Highland, Los Angeles. 1935

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    Two men in long, heavy coats present a trophy to a man wearing a sweater with a badge for the "Viking Club" on the left breast. The man has won a ski jump competition at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.

    photCL Whitt 0786 ; Whitt neg. 0812