California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

View of the Biltmore hotel from Pershing Square, [s.d.]

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View of the Biltmore hotel from Pershing Square, [s.d.]

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Photograph of a view of the Biltmore hotel from Pershing Square, [s.d.]. The large brick hotel can be seen in the background at center. There are three tower-like sections of the hotel attached to a common base. More buildings can be seen around the hotel, including one structure with large columns in front at left. In the foreground, Pershing Square is visible, filled with trees.

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Title View of the Biltmore hotel from Pershing Square, [s.d.]

Subject buildings (lcsh), Hotels (lcsh), Parks (adlf), Trees (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Type images

Format 2 photographs : 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)

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m23951

Identifier 36643 (accession number), CHS-36643 (call number), CHS-36643 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-22478 (legacy record id), chs-m23951 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 22478

Unique identifier UC123760

Legacy Identifier CHS-36643.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.0 in × 12.8 in at 300dpi
45.9 cm × 32.6 cm at 300dpi

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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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