California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

View of Hill Street, north from Ninth Street (night shot showing Christmas decorations), December 5, 1929

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View of Hill Street, north from Ninth Street (night shot showing Christmas decorations), December 5, 1929

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Photograph of a view of Hill Street, north from Ninth Street (night shot showing Christmas decorations), December 5, 1929. Christmas lights can be seen strung in the air, over the street car cable lines on Hill Street, glowing against the contrast of a dark night sky. On the sidewalks, each street light appears to be decorated with an elaborate medieval castle scene, and lights can be seen connecting each street light to its neighbor. Numerous neon signs can be seen decorating some of the buildings on Hill Street, most notably, the large "RKO Theatre" sign.; Legible signs read: "RKO Theatre", "Herbert's Ca[fe]", "The Owl Drug Co.", "Court Drug Co.", and "May Co.".

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Title View of Hill Street, north from Ninth Street (night shot showing Christmas decorations), December 5, 1929

Subject buildings (lcsh), Christmas decorations (lcsh), Christmas lights (lcsh), Electric signs (lcsh), Neon signs (lcsh), roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1929-12-05

Type images

Format 1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

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

Date Created 1929-12-05

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-m30356

Identifier 36937 (accession number), CHS-36937 (call number), CHS-36937 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-24351 (legacy record id), chs-m30356 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 24351

Unique identifier UC132148

Legacy Identifier CHS-36937.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 23.2 in × 16.6 in at 300dpi
59.1 cm × 42.3 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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