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Plant operations, Solar Aircraft. 1943



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  • Plant operations, Solar Aircraft. 1943

    Plant operations, Solar Aircraft. 1943

    Visual Materials

    A woman wearing gloves and a hair net works at a station at Solar Aircraft. The woman holds what looks like part of an exhaust up to a machine that cuts off excess metal.

    photCL Whitt 3069 ; Whitt neg. 2889

  • John Cobb, land speed record, Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. 1939

    John Cobb, land speed record, Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. 1939

    Visual Materials

    John Cobb stands in the driver's hatch of his Railton automobile at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Cobb, who is wearing goggles, a cap, and a boilersuit, or coveralls, with the Gilmore Oil Company lion logo on the left breast, looks off into the distance while another man speaks into a microphone being held in front of him. A crowd watches in the background.

    photCL Whitt 2760 ; Whitt neg. 2699

  • Newspaper printing, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1941

    Newspaper printing, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1941

    Visual Materials

    Two men work on a printing press at the Los Angeles Times. One of the men stands on a raised platform and looks at printed pages which are feeding through the machine. The other man stands on the ground level below him and has his hand on a panel of large buttons.

    photCL Whitt 1451 ; Whitt neg. 1228

  • See's Candy Co., 519 West Washington, Los Angeles. 1931

    See's Candy Co., 519 West Washington, Los Angeles. 1931

    Visual Materials

    Two women work at candy making stations in See's Candy Co., located at 519 West Washington in Los Angeles. They are both wearing white uniforms and caps with "Quality first" stitched along the front. The nearer woman has what looks like a tray of cherries and a bowl of white stuff for dipping at her left hand, and a sheet with drying candies at her right. There are two trays of completed candies on the front of the table.

    photCL Whitt 1350 ; Whitt neg. 0543

  • John Cobb, land speed record, Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. 1939

    John Cobb, land speed record, Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. 1939

    Visual Materials

    John Cobb speaks into a standing microphone at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Three men stand around Cobb, who is wearing goggles, a cap, and a boilersuit, or coveralls, with the Gilmore Oil Company lion logo on the left breast. There is a crowd of people in the background, as well as a Dick Whittington photography truck.

    photCL Whitt 2759 ; Whitt neg. 2698

  • Plant interior, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1937

    Plant interior, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1937

    Visual Materials

    A man stands at a machine in the plant of the Los Angeles Times. The man's left hand is on a lever and his right hand holds a rag. The machine has numerous valves and levers, as well as a gauge of some kind.

    photCL Whitt 1458 ; Whitt neg. 1579