"Dick" Whittington Studio Collection of Negatives and Photographs 1924-1948

Los Angeles public library

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Sherman Institute (Riverside, Calif.)

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The Sherman Institute was established in 1900, as a successor to the Perris Indian School (Perris, Calif.), after the water supply to the previous school was deemed insufficient. By 1901 a site in the city of Riverside was selected, at the corner of Magnolia Avenue and Jackson Street. On July 19, 1901, the cornerstone was laid for the new school building of Sherman Institute, and the school officially opened on September 9, 1902. The Perris Indian School remained in operation until December 1904...

Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937

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Amelia Mary Earhart (AE) was born on July 24, 1897, in Atchison, Kansas, the first daughter of Amy (Otis) Earhart and Edwin Stanton Earhart. Her sister, Grace Muriel, was born three years later. The family moved several times (to Kansas City, Kansas; Des Moines; St. Paul; Chicago) during AE's childhood as her father tried unsuccessfully to establish a profitable legal career. AE graduated from Chicago's Hyde Park High School in 1916. ESE's increasing reliance on al...

Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977

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American singer. From the description of Bing Crosby letter to Harry Ruby, 1964 Feb. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 716080707 From the description of Bing Crosby autograph letter to Joe Roddy, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 716080729 From the description of Bing Crosby letter to Look magazine, 1944 July 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 716080749 Although Bing Crosby studied law at Gonzaga University in Spokane, he was more interested in playi...

Studebaker Corporation

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The H&C Studebaker blacksmith shop opened in 1852 in downtown South Bend, Indiana. Henry and Clement Studebaker's shop would turn into Studebaker Manufacturing Company in 1868 and become the largest wagon manufacturer in the world. Studebaker would also be the only manufacturer to successfully switch from horse drawn to gasoline powered vehicles. After the turn of the century Studebaker eased its way into the automobile market with an electric car in 1902, followed by gasoline powered cars i...

Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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Mrs. Leiland Atherton Irish was Executive Vice-President and Manager of the Hollywood Bowl, writing in 1944; John Northcutt was Publicity Director, writing in 1947. From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler, 1944, 1947. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155863491 ...

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

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Herbert Clark Hoover (b. August 10, 1874, Iowa-d. October 20, 1964), thirty-first president of the United States, was born in Iowa, and was orphaned as a child. A Quaker known from his childhood as "Bert" to his friends, he began a career as a mining engineer soon after graduating from Stanford University in 1895. Within twenty years he had used his engineering knowledge and business acumen to make a fortune as an independent mining consultant. In 1914 Hoover administered the American Relief Com...

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the son of James (lawyer, financier) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt. He married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and had six children: Anna, James, Franklin, Elliott, Franklin Jr., John. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1904 and later attended Columbia University Law School. Roosevelt was admitted to the Bar in 1907 and worked for the Carter, Ledyard, and Milburn firm in New York City from 1907 to 19...

Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976

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Union Passenger Terminal (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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Bethlehem Steel Corporation

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The Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company, formed in Pennsylvania during the 1840's moved to a West Seneca, N.Y. site in 1899. Steelmaking began in 1903 and by 1909 the City of Lackawanna had been established around the steel plant. Purchased by Bethlehem Steel in 1922, the facility expanded until employment reached over 20,000 in the mid - 1950's. Decline in the 1970's led to the closing of the Lackawanna Plant in 1983. From the description of Bethlehem Steel Corporation photographs, 194...

Los Angeles Times (Firm)

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Biography The Times building at First and Broadway, Los Angeles, was dynamited by union terrorists on Oct. 1, 1910; 20 employees were killed, many injured, and the building destroyed; James B. McNamara and John J. McNamara signed a confession admitting their guilt for the bombing, Dec. 2, 1911. From the guide to the Collection of photographs related to the Los Angeles Times bombing, ca. 1912, (University of California, Los Angeles...

Republic Pictures Corporation

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Republic Pictures was organized in 1935, largely the result of a reorganization of Monogram Pictures, a small, independent motion picture production company in Los Angeles, and two other independents, Liberty Pictures and Mascot Pictures, whose studio in the San Fernando Valley (once the Mack Sennett studio) became the primary production facility of Republic Pictures. Under the leadership of Herbert J. Yates, Republic Pictures became known as the "King of the B" studios, as the Gene Autry and Ro...

Los Angeles Railway

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The Los Angeles Railway Corporation, formed in 1910, was the final result of various mergers and consolidations of the numerous local and interurban railways which developed in Los Angeles and adjacent communities. From the description of Records of the Los Angeles Railway Corporation, 1887-1938. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122570780 ...

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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Willys-Overland Motors, Inc.

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In 1908 John North Willys bought the Overland Automotive Division of Standard Wheel Company. In 1912 renamed Willys-Overland Motor Company. From 1912 to 1918 Willys was the second largest producer of automobiles in the United States behind only Ford Motor Company. The Overland Four model was one of the first "compact" cars. Considered a failure. From the description of Records, 1918, 1970. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 53964660 ...

Farmers Market (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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Douglas aircraft company

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Vultee Aircraft, Inc.

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Gilmore Stadium (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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Ford motor company

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When Ford Motor Company was founded in 1903, Alexander Y. Malcolmson was elected the Company's first treasurer, but his assistant James Couzens actually managed financial functions. People holding the position of Ford Motor Company treasurer from 1903 to 1955 included Alexander Y. Malcolmson, 1903-1906; James J. Couzens, 1906-1915; Frank L. Klingensmith, 1915-1921; Edsel B Ford, 1921-1943; B. J. Craig, 1943-1946; and L. E. Briggs, 1946-1955. In 1903, the business office was in a small building o...

Timm Aircraft Corporation (Van Nuys, Calif.)

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Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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Pan-Pacific Auditorium (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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Goodyear tire and rubber company

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Goodyear put pneumatic tires on 1917 Packard trucks for the first interstate trucking run between its Akron tire factory and Boston to prove that air-filled tires could make long-haul trucking possible. From the description of Wingfoot Express press kit, [ca. 1984-1987]. (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 41001463 ...

Shaw, Frank L., 1877-1958.

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Santa Anita Park (Arcadia, Calif.)

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University of California, Los Angeles

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Biography Cox was born Jan. 5, 1926 in Fresno, CA; BA, political science, Stanford, 1949; associate for Bill P. Wreden, antiquarian book dealer, San Francisco; MLS, UC Berkeley, 1954; began working at the UCLA library in 1954, serving in gifts and exchange, as head of the Geology Library, and head of circulation (1960-77); compiled and donated Albright library bibliography; Acting Assoc. University Librarian for Public Services, UCLA, 1977-79...

Cronin, A.J. (Archibald Joseph), 1896-1981

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Casa de Manana (La Jolla, Calif.)

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Federal Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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Dick Whittington Studio

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The "Dick" Whittington Studio was the largest and finest photography studio in the Los Angeles area from 1924 to 1987. Specializing in commercial photography, the Whittington Studio took photographs for nearly every major business and organization in Los Angeles; in so doing, they documented the growth and commercial development of Los Angeles. Clients included Max Factor, the Broadway, Bullock's, and May Co. department stores, the California Fruit Growers Association, Signal Oil, Shell Oil, Uni...

Rancho San Luis Rey (San Diego County, Calif.)

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