California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Horse-drawn carriages in front of the Inglewood Post Office, ca.1900

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Horse-drawn carriages in front of the Inglewood Post Office, ca.1900

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Photograph of a horse-drawn carriages in front of the Inglewood Post Office, ca.1900. Two open carriages pulled by dark horses are visible in the foreground. The single-story clapboard post office is at center. It has a flat roof and a wrap-around covered porch. A small man or boy can be seen in the shadows on the wooden porch. An American flag flies from the roof of the building. Legible signs include, from left to right: "Inglewood Post Office", and "Coffee".

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Title Horse-drawn carriages in front of the Inglewood Post Office, ca.1900

Subject buildings (adlf), Carriages and carts (lcsh), Horses (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- Inglewood (file heading), Postal service -- Buildings (lcsh), United States Postal Service (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1900

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

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

Date Created 1900

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-m5766

Identifier 33168 (accession number), CHS-33168 (call number), CHS-33168 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5792 (legacy record id), chs-m5766 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-5888 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5792

Unique identifier UC127701

Legacy Identifier CHS-33168.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.9 in × 16.1 in at 300dpi
50.5 cm × 40.9 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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