California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Wide dirt road on the face of a cliff in Santa Monica's Palisades Park, 1910-1920

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Wide dirt road on the face of a cliff in Santa Monica's Palisades Park, 1910-1920

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Photograph of a wide dirt road on the face of a cliff in Santa Monica's Palisades Park, 1910-1920. The road is at center and leads from the top of the cliffs at left down to the beach at right. It is lined with a wooden fence and several large plants. A tall rock formation can be seen towards the bottom of the road at right. The beach is visible in the distance at center and right, and a long breakwater can be seen in the distance. Several tall mountains form a range in the background.

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Title Wide dirt road on the face of a cliff in Santa Monica's Palisades Park, 1910-1920

Subject Fences (lcsh), Ocean (lcsh), Parks (lcsh), roadways (adlf), Santa Monica -- General (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1910/1920

Type images

Format 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographs (aat), transparencies (aat)

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

Date Created 1910/1920

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-m6585

Identifier 14413 (accession number), CHS-14413 (call number), CHS-14413 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-6658 (legacy record id), chs-m6585 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-6700 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 6658

Unique identifier UC116970

Legacy Identifier CHS-14413.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.6 in × 9.8 in at 300dpi
34.5 cm × 25.0 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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