California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

View of Merrilla Terrace, Avalon, showing the new type of architecture evolved by William Wrigley, Jr., 1926

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View of Merrilla Terrace, Avalon, showing the new type of architecture evolved by William Wrigley, Jr., 1926

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Photograph of a view of Merrilla Terrace, Avalon, showing the new type of architecture evolved by William Wrigley, Jr., 1926. Several multi-story Spanish-style buildings can be seen on the side of a hill at center. A dirt road runs across the image from right to left and is intersected by another road at left. Several utility poles are visible along the roads. In the background a tall hill covered sparsely with large bushes can be seen.

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Title View of Merrilla Terrace, Avalon, showing the new type of architecture evolved by William Wrigley, Jr., 1926

Subject buildings (lcsh), Islands (lcsh), Islands (adlf), Los Angeles County -- Catalina -- Uncataloged (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Avalon (city or populated place), California (states), islands: Catalina Island (geographic subject), Los Angeles (counties), Merrilla Terrace (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1926

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 1926

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-m18744

Identifier 35034 (accession number), CHS-35034 (call number), CHS-35034 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-18608 (legacy record id), chs-m18744 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 18608

Unique identifier UC135681

Legacy Identifier CHS-35034.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.0 in × 12.8 in at 300dpi
45.8 cm × 32.7 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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