California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Crowd watching a diving event, [s.d.]

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Crowd watching a diving event, [s.d.]

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Photograph of a crowd watching a diving event, [s.d.]. A rectangular pool can be seen at center, and two high dive platforms can be seen on the far side of the pool. Bleachers surround three sides of the pool and are full of spectators. The bleachers at right are covered by cloth canopies. In the foreground, a small circular reflecting pool is visible at right. A long metal and glass building with a semicircular roof can be seen at left, while a large brick or stone building can be seen in the background at right. Two American flags can be seen, one on each end of the main pool.

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Title Crowd watching a diving event, [s.d.]

Subject Aquatic sports (lcsh), Crowds (lcsh), Divers (lcsh), Flags (lcsh), sports facilities (adlf), Stadiums (lcsh), Swimmers (lcsh), Swimming pools (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

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-m20237

Identifier 36115 (accession number), CHS-36115 (call number), CHS-36115 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-21035 (legacy record id), chs-m20237 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 21035

Unique identifier UC134200

Legacy Identifier CHS-36115.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.4 in × 13.3 in at 300dpi
41.7 cm × 33.7 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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