Woodlin electric refridgerator, viewed at an angle on a sidewalk, Los Angeles, 1948

Item Overview

Title

Woodlin electric refridgerator, viewed at an angle on a sidewalk, Los Angeles, 1948

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

May 19, 1948

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of a Woodlin electric refrigerator standing on the sidewalk in front of the H. H. West Company offices on Omar Avenue. The refrigerator stands on a sidewalk in the foreground at center. It is viewed at an angle from the front and the right side. Paper packaging lines the right side of the unit. Beneath it, the sidewalk stretches across the bottom edge and straight back towards the left. At right, the facade of the H. H. West Company's office building enters frame and stretches behind the refrigerator. A large window sits along right edge. A portion of a sign sitting in the window reads, "H.H. WEST […]." A open doorway to the building stands behind the refrigerator. A sign sitting above the doorway's lintel reads, "GUILD S[...]." Further along down the sidewalk, a neighboring building stands in partial view to the left of the refrigerator. Signage painted on the side of the building reads, "U.S[...] ME[...] TU[...]," and "HER[...]." At far left, cars park bumper-to-bumper along Omar Avenue's curb. At the end of Omar Avenue, a building enters frame from the left and extends towards center. It faces towards the camera. Beyond it, a water tower, left-of-center, rises from atop a building. An opaque, white patch occupies the lower right corner.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2382. Los Angeles, California 314 Omar Avenue. May 19, 1948. 6 films of the Woodlin Electric Refrigerator

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Subjects

Refrigerators
Offices--California--Los Angeles
Commercial streets--California--Los Angeles

Location

California--Los Angeles

Longitude

34.046174

Latitude

-118.241457

Resource type

still image