California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

View from City Hall Tower looking southwest toward Bunker Hill, March 5, 1927

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View from City Hall Tower looking southwest toward Bunker Hill, March 5, 1927

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Photograph of a view from City Hall Tower looking southwest toward Bunker Hill, March 5, 1927. Many large, low buildings can be seen in the foreground, including the Times building, which resembles a castle. A dome-topped building can be seen in the foregground at right. In the background, the buildings are taller and lighter in color. Bunker Hill can be seen at right. In the background at left, smoke rises from a factory.

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Title View from City Hall Tower looking southwest toward Bunker Hill, March 5, 1927

Subject buildings (adlf), Los Angeles -- General views -- C of C (General) (file heading), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Bunker Hill (city or populated place), California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Los Angeles Civic Center (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1927-03-05

Type images

Format 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 13 x 17 cm. (aacr2), photographs (aat), transparencies (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 1927-03-05

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-m2852

Identifier 35288 (accession number), CHS-35288 (call number), CHS-35288 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3751 (legacy record id), chs-m2852 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-2923 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3751

Unique identifier UC116065

Legacy Identifier CHS-35288.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.7 in × 13.7 in at 300dpi
47.6 cm × 34.9 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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