Photographs of business signs in California collection
Content Description
Collection contains 70 color and 4 black and white photographic prints measuring 9 x 13 cm. and 7 black and white photographic prints measuring 20.5 x 26. Photographs show business signs for establishments located in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Orange, San Mateo, Sacramento, and Alameda counties taken between 1955 and 1972, with the bulk of the photographs taken between 1962 and 1972. Most signs feature mid-century modern design. Signs advertise eating and drinking establishments (especially coffee shops), supermarkets and grocery stores, shopping centers, hotels and motels, real estate offices, banks, automotive repair shops, car dealerships, car washes, medical centers, liquor stores, movie theaters, clothing stores, pharmacies and other stores and services. Also includes two photographs of Anaheim Stadium, and one of Los Angeles International Airport. Seven photographs show signs erected by Electrical Products Corporation, and one by Ledbetter Signs. One photograph shows the Wagner Mechanical hand being used on a supermarket sign in Glendale, California.
Dates
- 1955 - 1972
- Majority of material found within 1962 - 1972
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The California Historical Society (CHS) has no information about copyright ownership for this collection and is not authorized to grant permission to publish or reproduce materials from it. Materials in this collection, which were created between 1955 and 1972, are expected to enter the public domain in 2075 - 2092.
Extent
4 folders
Abstract
Collection contains 70 color and 4 black and white photographic prints measuring 9 x 13 cm. and 7 black and white photographic prints measuring 20.5 x 26. Photographs show business signs for establishments located in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Orange, San Mateo, Sacramento, and Alameda counties taken between 1955 and 1972, with the bulk of the photographs taken between 1962 and 1972. Most signs feature a mid-century modern design.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials found in collection; provenance is unknown.
- Title
- Finding aid to the photographs of business signs in California collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jaime Henderson
- Date
- July 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the California Historical Society Repository