Aerial view of the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue looking north during and aviation fair, Los Angeles, 1920

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Title	Aerial view of the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue looking north during and aviation fair, Los Angeles, 1920
Description	Photograph of an aerial view of the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue looking north during and aviation fair, Los Angeles, 1920. Automobile are parked off the roads at the fringes of the open fields that skirt them. Oil fields are visible along with mountains in the background, while at center, people crowd around a collection of airplanes that are situated next to small vendor booths. In a field in the left background, a building shows a sign which reads "Mercury Aviation Company".
Subject	Sid Chaplin Airport
Subject (adlf)	airport features
Subject (file heading)	Los Angeles -- Streets -- Wilshire Boulevard (1 of 3)
Subject (lcsh)	Streets Airports Oil wells
Geographic subject (roadway)	Wilshire Boulevard; Fairfax Avenue
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	1920
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1920
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	3 photographs : photonegatives, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 10 x13 cm., 13 x 18 cm.
Format (aat)	negatives (photographic) photographs
Accession number	7461
Call number	CHS-7461
Microfiche number	1-12-20
Legacy record ID	chs-m416; USC-1-1-1-414
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-7461
Archival file	chs_Volume45/CHS-7461.tiff

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