California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Low-altitude aerial view looking west over Westlake Park (later MacArthur Park), 1951

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Low-altitude aerial view looking west over Westlake Park (later MacArthur Park), 1951

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Photograph of a low-altitude aerial view looking west over Westlake Park (later MacArthur Park), 1951. Westlake park sits in the center foreground, with commercial and residential buildings spreading in all directions around it. Hills are visible on the right at the most distant point of the image.

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Title Low-altitude aerial view looking west over Westlake Park (later MacArthur Park), 1951

Subject cities (adlf), Lakes (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Parks -- Westlake Park (MacArthur Park) (file heading), Parks (lcsh), Westlake Park (later MacArthur Park) (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1951

Type images

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

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

Date Created 1951

Creator Spence, Robert (photographer)

Contributor Foster & Kleiser (donor)

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-m3712

Identifier 31022 (accession number), CHS-31022 (call number), CHS-31022 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-4644 (legacy record id), chs-m3712 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-3788 (legacy record id), 1-23- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 4644

Unique identifier UC119360

Legacy Identifier CHS-31022.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 5.7 in × 4.4 in at 300dpi
14.5 cm × 11.3 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

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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