California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Exterior view of the Lawrence Clark Powell Library at the University of California at Los Angeles, June 12, 1929

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Exterior view of the Lawrence Clark Powell Library at the University of California at Los Angeles, June 12, 1929

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Photograph of an exterior view of the Lawrence Clark Powell Library at the University of California at Los Angeles, June 12, 1929. The tall brick building can be seen in the background at center. It is four stories high and has a dome over the middle section. Small rectangular windows can be seen on the first two floors, while massive arched windows are visible on the third. A grassy quad can be seen in front of the building, and in the foreground, columns belonging to Royce Hall are visible.

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Title Exterior view of the Lawrence Clark Powell Library at the University of California at Los Angeles, June 12, 1929

Subject buildings (lcsh), educational facilities (adlf), Libraries (lcsh), UCLA (subject), Universities and colleges (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1929-06-12

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 13 x 17 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

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

Date Created 1929-06-12

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-m23135

Identifier 49820 (accession number), CHS-49820 (call number), CHS-49820 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-22981 (legacy record id), chs-m23135 (legacy record id), USC (project), SCHO-12 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 22981

Unique identifier UC126567

Legacy Identifier CHS-49820.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.5 in × 14.7 in at 300dpi
52.2 cm × 37.3 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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