California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Aerial view of downtown Los Angeles, looking north towards Glendale and the San Fernando Valley, 1931-1934

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Aerial view of downtown Los Angeles, looking north towards Glendale and the San Fernando Valley, 1931-1934

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Photograph of an aerial view of downtown Los Angeles, looking north towards Glendale and the San Fernando Valley, 1931-1934. The large buildings of downtown are at center. A large grassy hill can be seen above downtown at right. Several large roads are visible. Two parallel mountain ranges are visible in the distance, and the sprawl of the city seeps through a gap in the peaks at center. Picture file card lists buildings and dates: T.I. Building - 1928 L.A. City Hall - 1928 California State Building - 1931 Title Guarantee Building - 1931 L.A. Times - 1934 U.S. Court House -1937 Old Court House torn down 1938.

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Title Aerial view of downtown Los Angeles, looking north towards Glendale and the San Fernando Valley, 1931-1934

Subject cities (adlf), Los Angeles -- General views -- Aerial (1930) (file heading), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Glendale (city or populated place), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), San Fernando Valley (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1931/1934

Type images

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

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

Date Created 1931/1934

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-m2804

Identifier 14382 (accession number), CHS-14382 (call number), CHS-14382 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3704 (legacy record id), chs-m2804 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-2874 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3704

Unique identifier UC115964

Legacy Identifier CHS-14382.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.8 in × 16.2 in at 300dpi
50.4 cm × 41.1 cm at 300dpi

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Title California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Description The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.

We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.

Date Created 1860/1960

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