California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

View of Somerset Street in Bellflower, 1929

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View of Somerset Street in Bellflower, 1929

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Photograph of a view of Somerset Street in Bellflower, 1929. The wide street runs from the foreground to the background at center. Early model automobiles can be seen parked along the curbs on both sides of the street, while several pedestrians can be seen crossing the road at center. Two-story brick buildings line the street at left and right. Utility poles also can be seen along the road.; Legible signs include, from left: "Plumbing", "Radio", "Jewelry", "S. E. Moore Artistic Photos", "First National Bank of Bellflower", "Marion's", "Restaurant", "Garage", "Chevrolet", "Dentist", "The Gang Comedy", and "Theatre".

Asset Metadata

Title View of Somerset Street in Bellflower, 1929

Subject Los Angeles County -- Bellflower (file heading), roadways (adlf), Stores, Retail (lcsh), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1929

Type images

Format 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 13 x 17 cm. (aacr2), photographs (aat), transparencies (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1929

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-m18685

Identifier 35019 (accession number), CHS-35019 (call number), CHS-35019 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-15921 (legacy record id), chs-m18685 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 15921

Unique identifier UC135566

Legacy Identifier CHS-35019.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.9 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
48.0 cm × 34.6 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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