Highway under construction near Santa Monica, [s.d.]

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Photograph of a train track and construction site for a highway by Santa Monica, [s.d.]. Several men stand beside a train track, at center, which winds around the land by a coastal area. The ocean appears at left, while the rocky mountainside and a construction site sits at right.; Photoprint reads: "Section of New Oxnard to Capistrano Highway At Point About 25 Miles North of Santa Monica. Coastline While Work Was In Progress. 1926. (Ventura County)"

Asset Metadata

Title Highway under construction near Santa Monica, [s.d.]

Subject roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Type images

Format 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 13 x 18 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)

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-m22336

Identifier 35974 (accession number), CHS-35974 (call number), CHS-35974 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-21431 (legacy record id), chs-m22336 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 21431

Unique identifier UC135370

Legacy Identifier CHS-35974.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.8 in × 13.1 in at 300dpi
47.9 cm × 33.4 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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