California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Los Angeles Civic Center looking north-east from Olive and First streets toward the west face of City Hall, showing Bunker Hill at left, ca.1940-1949

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Los Angeles Civic Center looking north-east from Olive and First streets toward the west face of City Hall, showing Bunker Hill at left, ca.1940-1949

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Photograph of Los Angeles Civic Center looking north-east from Olive and First streets toward the west face of the City Hall, showing Bunker Hill at left, ca.1940-1949. The tree-spotted Bunker Hill stands in the left foreground with a full parking lot at its foot; the lot is located on the north-east corner of the intersection of Hill Street and First Street. Temple Street lies on the right continuing to the background. The tall Civic Center stands behind the hill and to the left of the street with its tall tower at center. The large building to the right of the City Hall is the old California State Building. The old Hall of Records can be seen to the left of the City Hall. More of the cityscape can be seen in the background.

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Title Los Angeles Civic Center looking north-east from Olive and First streets toward the west face of City Hall, showing Bunker Hill at left, ca.1940-1949

Subject buildings (adlf), Los Angeles -- General views -- C of C (City Hall, Pershing Square) (file heading), Los Angeles City Hall (subject), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Bunker Hill (city or populated place), California (states), First Street (roadway), Hill Street (roadway), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Olive Street (roadway), Temple Street (roadway), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1940/1949

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 20 x 25 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 1940/1949

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-m2883

Identifier 36719 (accession number), CHS-36719 (call number), CHS-36719 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3781 (legacy record id), chs-m2883 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-2954 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3781

Unique identifier UC116162

Legacy Identifier CHS-36719.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.6 in × 13.3 in at 300dpi
42.1 cm × 33.9 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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