California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Aerial view of the Naples area of Long Beach, showing the Pacific Electric Railroad and the state highway, 1915

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Aerial view of the Naples area of Long Beach, showing the Pacific Electric Railroad and the state highway, 1915

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Photograph of an aerial view of the Naples area of Long Beach, showing the Pacific Electric Railroad and the state highway, 1915. A large waterway is at center. There is a trapezoidal island in the middle of the channel, and a circular canal is visible above it. The land on the island and around the channel is marked by wide streets. The state highway runs diagonally across the image and is marked by the words "State Highway". The railroad, which leads to Los Angeles, runs horizontally across the image and is marked by the words "PE RR to LA".

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Title Aerial view of the Naples area of Long Beach, showing the Pacific Electric Railroad and the state highway, 1915

Subject Harbors (adlf), Los Angeles County -- Long Beach -- General aerials and panoramas (file heading), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1915

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

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

Date Created 1915

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-m5787

Identifier 14356 (accession number), CHS-14356 (call number), CHS-14356 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5803 (legacy record id), chs-m5787 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-5909 (legacy record id), 1-32- (microfiche number), 1-32-175 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5803

Unique identifier UC127841

Legacy Identifier CHS-14356.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.8 in × 13.3 in at 300dpi
42.7 cm × 33.9 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

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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