California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Automobile on Lincoln Boulevard south of Venice Boulevard, May 27, 1934

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Automobile on Lincoln Boulevard south of Venice Boulevard, May 27, 1934

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Photograph of an automobile on Lincoln Boulevard south of Venice Boulevard, May 27, 1934. An automobile can be seen facing forward to the left of a center stripe of cement inlaid in asphalt pavement on the road. Utility poles line both sides of the road, while four other automobiles can be seen in the background. A few house-like structures and a water tower can be seen in the background on the sides of the road.

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Title Automobile on Lincoln Boulevard south of Venice Boulevard, May 27, 1934

Subject Los Angeles County -- Los Angeles -- Venice -- Streets (file heading), roadways (adlf), Streets -- Maintenance and repair (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Lincoln Boulevard (roadway), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries), Venice (city or populated place)

Temporal Subject 1934-05-27

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 12 x 17 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

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

Date Created 1934-05-27

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-m4996

Identifier 42046 (accession number), CHS-42046 (call number), CHS-42046 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25449 (legacy record id), chs-m4996 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-5098 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25449

Unique identifier UC128561

Legacy Identifier CHS-42046.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.4 in × 14.0 in at 300dpi
49.4 cm × 35.7 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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