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View of Hill Street from the roof of the Chamber of Commerce building in Los Angeles, May 1937
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View of Hill Street from the roof of the Chamber of Commerce building in Los Angeles, May 1937
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Description
Photograph of a view of Hill Street from the roof of the Chamber of Commerce building in Los Angeles, May 1937. Hill Street runs from the foreground to the background at center and is a wide paved road with streetcar tracks running down the middle. A large parking lot can be seen in the foreground at right, while buildings line the road in the background. A very tall brick building is visible in the foreground at left. A large number of early-model automobiles can be seen on the streets of the city.; Legible signs include, from left: "Southwestern", "Strength Bros. Overalls", "Handy Auto Park", "Insurance Exchange Building", "Pacific Desk Company 1031 W. Hill Street WE 3494 Est. 1912 T. F. Pierce, Pres.", "Pianos for rent Taylor Piano Co.", "Los Angeles Business Equipment Co.", "Western Office Furniture Co.", "May Co. Public Garage", "A.S. Aloe Co.", "Belasco Theatre Legitimate Drama", "Vai Bros. Brandy California's Finest", "Eastern", and "Western Pacific Bldg.".
Asset Metadata
Title
View of Hill Street from the roof of the Chamber of Commerce building in Los Angeles, May 1937
Subject
buildings
(lcsh),
roadways
(adlf)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Hill Street
(roadway),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1937-05
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
(aacr2),
negatives (photographic)
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection)
Date Created
1937-05
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m22708
Identifier
49231 (
accession number
), CHS-49231 (
call number
), CHS-49231 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-21957 (
legacy record id
), chs-m22708 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
), STRT-105 (
unidentified no.
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
21957
Unique identifier
UC125098
Legacy Identifier
CHS-49231.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
29.5 in × 21.3 in at 300dpi
75.1 cm × 54.3 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
Linked assets
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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