Aerial view of Alhambra, December 20, 1940

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Photograph of an aerial view of Alhambra, December 20, 1940. Hilly terrain marked by winding roads is visible in the foreground. In view are Easteran Avenue, Alhambra Avenue, Valley Boulevard. The Title Insurance Company Archives Building can be seen at 2241 Eastern Avenue. A housing subdivision can be seen at center. Further in the distance, a large city, probably Los Angeles, sprawls out into the background.

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Title Aerial view of Alhambra, December 20, 1940

Subject cities (adlf), Los Angeles -- General views -- Aerial (1940) (file heading), Title Insurance Company (subject), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Alhambra (city or populated place), Alhambra Avenue (roadway), California (states), Eastern Avenue (roadway), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries), Valley Boulevard (roadway)

Temporal Subject 1940-12-20

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1940-12-20

Creator Spence Air Photos (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2821

Identifier 44284 (accession number), CHS-44284 (call number), CHS-44284 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3720 (legacy record id), chs-m2821 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-2891 (legacy record id), USC (project), E-10889-16-A (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3720

Unique identifier UC115922

Legacy Identifier CHS-44284.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 21.2 in × 16.9 in at 300dpi
53.9 cm × 43.0 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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