California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Exterior view of the Westwood Ambassador apartment buildings, 1937

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Exterior view of the Westwood Ambassador apartment buildings, 1937

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Photograph of an exterior view of the Westwood Ambassador apartment buildings, 1937. The apartment complex is elevated onto a hill, a set of steps at center leading up past its sign to the courtyard. Below, three automobiles can be seen parked along the sidewalk. The building was designed by Milton J. Black. It was located at 10427 Wilshire Blvd., on the north-east corner of Wilshire and Holmby Avenue.

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Title Exterior view of the Westwood Ambassador apartment buildings, 1937

Subject Apartment houses (lcsh), buildings (adlf), Los Angeles County -- Los Angeles -- Westwood -- West Los Angeles (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 10427 Wilshire Boulevard (roadway), California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries), Westwood (city or populated place)

Temporal Subject 1937-12-01

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 12 x 18 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 1937-12-01

Creator Black, Milton J. (architect)

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-m5037

Identifier 37084 (accession number), CHS-37084 (call number), CHS-37084 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25585 (legacy record id), chs-m5037 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-5139 (legacy record id), USC (project), 37024 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25585

Unique identifier UC128613

Legacy Identifier CHS-37084.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.5 in × 13.2 in at 300dpi
47.1 cm × 33.6 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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