California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

A group portrait of students standing in front of Los Angeles High School, 1925

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A group portrait of students standing in front of Los Angeles High School, 1925

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Photograph of a group portrait of students standing in front of Los Angeles High School, 1925. A large group of young men and women are located in front of the high school's entrance. The students are positioned in several rows; they are all dressed in semi-formal clothes. A concrete floor covers the foreground area. The entrance of the high school is visible behind the crowd, showing decorative architectural structures and what appears to be a flag which reads: "LAHS 25". Photoprint reads: "L.A. High School, Olympic Blvd. Class of 1925".

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Title A group portrait of students standing in front of Los Angeles High School, 1925

Subject educational facilities (adlf), Los Angeles High School (subject), Portraits -- Group -- School (file heading), Schools (lcsh), Students (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1925

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 20 x 25 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

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

Date Created 1925

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-m13193

Identifier 42542 (accession number), CHS-42542 (call number), CHS-42542 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12701 (legacy record id), chs-m13193 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-13346 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12701

Unique identifier UC135532

Legacy Identifier CHS-42542.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.6 in × 14.3 in at 300dpi
52.4 cm × 36.4 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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