California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Aerial view looking down a Los Angeles freeway, showing the area adjacent to City Hall, ca.1950-1959

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Aerial view looking down a Los Angeles freeway, showing the area adjacent to City Hall, ca.1950-1959

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Photograph of an aerial view looking down a Los Angeles freeway, showing the area adjacent to City Hall, ca.1950-1959. At center, a wide, six-lane freeway is shown, extending through several overpasses. To the left and right, residential areas are visible, showing one- to two-story housing. In the left distance, the tower of the City Hall building can be seen, along with more metropolitan buildings.

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Title Aerial view looking down a Los Angeles freeway, showing the area adjacent to City Hall, ca.1950-1959

Subject Express highways (lcsh), Los Angeles City -- Freeways (file heading), roadways (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1950/1959

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 25 x 20 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1950/1959

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.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2510

Identifier 41616 (accession number), CHS-41616 (call number), CHS-41616 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3426 (legacy record id), chs-m2510 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-2573 (legacy record id), 84-1-467 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3426

Unique identifier UC120555

Legacy Identifier CHS-41616.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.8 in × 21.1 in at 300dpi
42.9 cm × 53.7 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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