Metal tool for clamping plane parts, Los Angeles, Calif., 1942

2 views of a tool (heavily masked) with a piece of Whittington studio memorandum paper behind it with the date, Los Angeles, California, 1942 March 21. The paper has a photograph of a cat (the Whittington icon), the Whittington telephone number, and the handwritten message: "Photographed Mar[ch] 21, 1942, [signed] 'Dick' Whittington." "Client: F & H M[a]n[u]f[acturin]g Co[mpany], 2207 W[est] Jefferson St[reet], L. C. Finkle; operator's report - name: D[ick] W[hittington]; 4 original photographs - at studio 8x10; Amount: 16.00; negative blocking - 1-1/2 hours" - on envelope.