Visual Materials

Making toys for Christmas, May Co., Broadway and 8th, Los Angeles. 1929

Description: A view of a toy workshop at the May Co. department store at Broadway and 8th in Los Angeles. Three men in overalls are working in a room with two large windows and shelves lined with cans of paint and lacquer. One of the men is painting the roof of a doll house, another is working on a wooden horse, and the third is spray painting a small wicker chair.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1929
Call number: photCL Whitt 1281 ; Whitt neg. 0374
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Building Christmas displays, May Co., Broadway and 8th, Los Angeles. 1929

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A view of a workshop at the May Co. department store at Broadway and 8th in Los Angeles. Four men are working on displays and decorations for the store for Christmas. One man is using a table saw, one is working on a large wreath, and another is painting a swimmer on a vertical board.

photCL Whitt 1274 ; Whitt neg. 0376

May Co., Broadway and 8th, Los Angeles. 1929

Visual Materials

An interior view of a department of the May Co. department store, located at Broadway and 8th in Los Angeles. It looks like a printing shop, with presses in front of the windows on the right and stacks of paper around the room. Three men and a woman work at the presses on the right and three women work at desks on the left.

photCL Whitt 1276 ; Whitt neg. 0380

Los Angeles Creamery Co., 1001 North Mansfield, Hollywood, Los Angeles. 1925

Visual Materials

A view of two delivery vehicles in a large, covered area of the Los Angeles Creamery Co., located at 1001 North Mansfield in Hollywood. One of the vehicles is a truck, while the other is horse-drawn. There are employees working on each of the vehicles and with crates in between them.

photCL Whitt 1311 ; Whitt neg. 0026

Tank, Freedom Parade, South Broadway, Los Angeles. 1944

Visual Materials

A tank proceeds down South Broadway in downtown Los Angeles as part of the Freedom Parade. Two men in uniform are sitting in the open top hatch of the tank and two more are visible through opened drivers' hatches. The sides of the streets are lined with crowds and signs announce "The Four Freedoms War Bond Show", presented by Bullock's on February 22nd.

photCL Whitt 2268 ; Whitt neg. 1388

Setting the press, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1941

Visual Materials

Two men work on a press at the Los Angeles Times. One of the men is bending over, setting a block of text in the machine for printing. The second man stands behind him and holds a lever on the machine.

photCL Whitt 1449 ; Whitt neg. 1230

Los Angeles Times, news desk and photographer, Los Angeles. 1941

Visual Materials

A man seated at a desk covered with proofs and newspapers speaks with two standing men at the Los Angeles Times. One of the standing men is wearing a three piece suit and hat and holding a paper that the seated man is pointing at with his pencil. The other man is shorter, wearing a dark two piece suit and rests his hand on a camera that is on the desk.

photCL Whitt 1442 ; Whitt neg. 1225

Making toys for Christmas, May Co., Broadway and 8th, Los Angeles. 1929

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