California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Birdseye view of beach houses along the ocean from a high cliff, [s.d.]

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Birdseye view of beach houses along the ocean from a high cliff, [s.d.]

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Photograph of a birdseye view of beach houses along the ocean from a high cliff, [s.d.]. A line of large beach houses runs from the foreground at left towards the background at right. The ocean can be seen in the distance, while a mountain range stretches across the image in the background. In the foreground, a cactus plant can be seen near the edge of the rocky cliff from which the photograph was taken.

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Title Birdseye view of beach houses along the ocean from a high cliff, [s.d.]

Subject Beaches (adlf), Beaches (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 10 x 13 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-m24033

Identifier 48591 (accession number), CHS-48591 (call number), CHS-48591 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-22887 (legacy record id), chs-m24033 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 22887

Unique identifier UC123844

Legacy Identifier CHS-48591.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 29.3 in × 22.8 in at 300dpi
74.5 cm × 58.0 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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