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Old automobiles parked in a junkyard on South Main Street, Los Angeles, ca.1940
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Old automobiles parked in a junkyard on South Main Street, Los Angeles, ca.1940
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Description
Photograph of old automobiles parked in a junkyard on South Main Street, Los Angeles, ca.1940. Rows of early-model cars can be seen lined up at center. Most of the cars lack tires and the windows and doors of several are missing or prokent. A pile of metal wheels can be seen in the foreground at center. Wooden shelves hold salvaged parts in the background at left, while a large water tank can be seen in the distance at center. Utility poles and large buildings, probably warehouses, are visible in the background.
Asset Metadata
Title
Old automobiles parked in a junkyard on South Main Street, Los Angeles, ca.1940
Subject
Automobile graveyards
(lcsh),
Automobiles
(lcsh),
buildings
(lcsh),
parking sites
(adlf),
Salvage
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
South Main Street
(roadway),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1940
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)
Date Created
1940
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-m20275
Identifier
36228 (
accession number
), CHS-36228 (
call number
), CHS-36228 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-21072 (
legacy record id
), chs-m20275 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
21072
Unique identifier
UC134199
Legacy Identifier
CHS-36228.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
16.5 in × 13.2 in at 300dpi
42.0 cm × 33.5 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
Linked assets
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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