California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Wilshire Boulevard Causeway, showing Westlake Park (later MacArthur Park), [s.d.]

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Wilshire Boulevard Causeway, showing Westlake Park (later MacArthur Park), [s.d.]

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Photograph of the Wilshire Boulevard Causeway, showing Westlake Park (later MacArthur Park), [s.d.]. The causeway is shown at center, running from just left of center towards the background at right. It can be seen curving through the center of the park, which can be seen at left and right. One automobile is visible parked on the left side of the road, while what appears to be a line of spikes blocks off this entrance to Wilshire Boulevard. A lake or lagoon is visible at right and is partially obscured by trees. Various trees and palms can be seen at left. Automobiles can be seen in the foreground facing left on a street running perpendicular to Wilshire Boulevard. Highrise buildings can be seen in the background, including one with a sign that reads "West Coast Westlake Theatre".

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Title Wilshire Boulevard Causeway, showing Westlake Park (later MacArthur Park), [s.d.]

Subject Causeways (lcsh), MacArthur Park (subject), Parks--California (lcsh), roadways (adlf), West Coast Westlake Theatre (subject), Westlake Park (subject), Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) (naf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

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)

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-m5303

Identifier 36714 (accession number), CHS-36714 (call number), CHS-36714 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25836 (legacy record id), chs-m5303 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25836

Unique identifier UC129042

Legacy Identifier CHS-36714.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.6 in × 13.3 in at 300dpi
42.3 cm × 33.9 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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