Dick Whittington (photographer)

Wayne "Dick" Whittington, was a Los Angeles photography studio owner, whose photographic career extended from the 1932 Olympic games, to the first 'wired' photograph transmissions from the Rose Bowl.^[1]

Early life[edit]

Wayne "Dick" Whittington was a Los Angeles native, and a student at USC. He first established a photography studio in the garage of his house, near the USC campus. Later, after World War II, he located his business premises in downtown Los Angeles.^[1]

Career[edit]

Whittington founded the Dick Whittington Studio. ^[2]

"The "Dick" Whittington Studio was the largest and finest photography studio in the Los Angeles area from 1924 to 1987."^[3]

Among Whittington's innovations were the setting up of a mobile laboratory, that made it possible to transmit photographs from a Rose Bowl football game directly to newspapers and wire services. He captured many images of the 1932 summer Olympics, and of the early air races at Mines Field, which is now Los Angeles International Airport. Over his sixty-year career, Whittington and his staff created many millions of negatives; these are now archived at California State University, Long Beach, and the Huntington Library in San Marino.

Personal life[edit]

Whittington is survived by his son Edward, three grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. ^[1]

Legacy[edit]

The Dick Whittington Studio archives are divided between the University of Southern California and the Huntington Library.^[4]

Further reading[edit]

""Dick" Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987". Calisphere.
""Dick" Whittington Studio Collection of Negatives and Photographs: Finding Aid". oac.cdlib.org.
"The Capital Collection of Dick Whittington photographs". Los Angeles Archivists Collective. June 16, 2021.
"Dick Whittington Studio". American Library Association Archives Holdings Database.
"Dick Whittington Studio". Here in Van Nuys. July 13, 2022.
"Dick Whittington Studio". ACADEMY COLLECTIONS collections.new.oscars.org.
"Dick Whittington Studio". Getty Images.
"ArchiveGrid : "Dick" Whittington Studio Collection of Negatives and Photographs, 1924-1948". researchworks.oclc.org.
"Photographer: Dick Whittington Studio - UCLA Library Digital Collections". digital.library.ucla.edu.
Commercial Los Angeles, 1925-1947 : photographs from the "Dick" Whittington Studio. Glendale, CA : Interurban Press. November 18, 1981. ISBN 978-0-916374-45-7 – via Internet Archive.
"Dick Whittington Studio". ArchivesSpace museumucsb.as.atlas-sys.com.
"University of Southern California - Studio shots, taking photos, Whittington, Southern California, 1929 [image 4]". digitallibrary.usc.edu.
Dick Whittington Studio. "Mayfair Tract, Alhambra. 1929". hdl.huntington.org.
"Dick Whittington Studio". digitallibrary.usc.edu University of Southern California.
Studio, Dick Whittington (2014). "DW-1934-08-03-09". University of Southern California. doi:10.25549/whit-c170-55868 – via DPLA.
"54. Copy Photograph (original print in Whittington Photograph Collection, California State University Long Beach, Special Collections) Dick Whittington, photographer, May 1939 ARRIVAL BOARD, RECEPTION HALL - Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Tracks & Shed, 800 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
Dick Whittington Studio. "Plant interior, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1937". hdl.huntington.org.
"NHPRC News -- February 2021". National Archives. February 9, 2021.
"Dick Whittington Studio". Digital Public Library of America.
"Invisible L.A.: Documenting the Early 20th Century in the Dick Whittington Photographic Collection". nehimpact.org - NEH Impact Index.
"Dick Whittington". tessa2.lapl.org.
Wooten, Malia (December 4, 2018). "USC Plans To Digitize Over 37,000 Unseen Photos Of L.A. During The 1930s & '40s". Secret Los Angeles.
"Miracle Mile: Then & Now Photographs". Miracle Mile LA. November 15, 2013.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c
- Folkart, Burt A. (27 April 1985). "Pioneer L. A. Photographer Dick Whittington, 89, Dies". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
- https://latimes.newspapers.com/article/122122172/obituary-for-edward-wavne-whittington/
^ Cunningham, William (2022-07-12). "Preserving Endangered Visual History in the Dick Whittington Collection". Archival Outlook. Society of American Archivists.
^ "Photographic History of Los Angeles Online". San Fernando Valley News Portal. 5 November 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
^ Harrison, Scott (28 December 2017). "From the Archives: A runaway Rose Parade float". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 18 November 2023.

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[latimes/1985-04-27-fi-12775-1] 
Folkart, Burt A. (27 April 1985). "Pioneer L. A. Photographer Dick Whittington, 89, Dies". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 18 November 2023.

https://latimes.newspapers.com/article/122122172/obituary-for-edward-wavne-whittington/

[2] Folkart, Burt A. (27 April 1985). "Pioneer L. A. Photographer Dick Whittington, 89, Dies". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 18 November 2023.

[3] ttps://latimes.newspapers.com/article/122122172/obituary-for-edward-wavne-whittington/

[Archival_Outlook_2022-07-2] Cunningham, William (2022-07-12). "Preserving Endangered Visual History in the Dick Whittington Collection". Archival Outlook. Society of American Archivists.

[sfvnewsportal/223637-3] "Photographic History of Los Angeles Online". San Fernando Valley News Portal. 5 November 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023.

[latimes/la-me-fw-archives-20171214-4] Harrison, Scott (28 December 2017). "From the Archives: A runaway Rose Parade float". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 18 November 2023.

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