Loading bags on Santa Paula - scenes at Dicalite plant, Los Angeles County, Calif., 1937

8 photographs of the Dicalite Company's Palos Verdes Hills plant and loading their product at the Port of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, 1937 August 21. "Subject: Loading bags on Santa Paula - scenes at Dicalite plant." "Client: Dicalite Co[mpany]; Mr. Zink - 500 Chapman B[ui]ld[in]g; Classifications: I Miscel[laneous]; Year: 1937; Job no. 8-21-163" -- on envelope front. Operator's report -- Name: Jack; 8 original photographs -- size 8x10; ext[eriors]; Amount: 20.00; out of city; 52 miles: transportation at 7 c[ents] - Amount 3.64; 5 hours: time @ 2.00 - Amount 10.00" -- on envelope back. "August 19, 1937, 756 South Broadway, Los Angeles, California; This is to confirm our telephone advice to you yesterday to arrange to take publicity pictures of our plant, all of which are to be exteriors. Mr. Hooper or Mr. Schmidt will give you the outline of the pictures to be taken when you contact them. In addition, we suggested that you contact Mr. Lillevand, Dock Superintendent of the Grace Line . . . to ascertain at that time when would be the best hour to take pictures on their dock showing the loading of a shipment of Dicalite on board the steamer 'Santa Paula', which shipment is going to Havana, Cuba. ([note] Berth 146) We would like to have you take a close up of the bags in a sling showing the label on the bag that the destination is Havana, Cuba. Then show a picture of that same sling of material half-way up the side of the boat and then another picture which will give the name of the boat. . . . We understand that the Grace Line will cooperate with you . . . [signed] C. A. Zink" -- letter from The Dicalite Company. The negative envelope indicates that the Whittington studio fulfilled 2 print orders.