California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Aerial view of the Los Angeles Civic Center, looking west and showing a freeway under construction, ca.1953

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Aerial view of the Los Angeles Civic Center, looking west and showing a freeway under construction, ca.1953

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Photograph of an aerial view of the Los Angeles Civic Center, looking west and showing a freeway under construction, ca.1953. City Hall and its tall tower can be seen in the foreground at left, and the Federal Building is visible at center. Running vertically across the image at right is a wide freeway, crossed in several places by bridges. Temple Street runs parallel to the freeway at center. Scores of small buildings are densely packed between large streets in the distance, and hundreds of cars can be seen navigating the network of roads.

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Title Aerial view of the Los Angeles Civic Center, looking west and showing a freeway under construction, ca.1953

Subject cities (adlf), Express highways (lcsh), Los Angeles -- General views -- Aerial (1950) (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1953

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), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1953

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-m2508

Identifier 14580 (accession number), CHS-14580 (call number), CHS-14580 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3424 (legacy record id), chs-m2508 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-2571 (legacy record id), 1-23- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3424

Unique identifier UC120603

Legacy Identifier CHS-14580.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.7 in × 16.2 in at 300dpi
50.0 cm × 41.3 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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