California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

View of California Street and Montgomery Street, showing earthquake damage, San Francisco, [s.d.]

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View of California Street and Montgomery Street, showing earthquake damage, San Francisco, [s.d.]

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Photograph of a view of California Street and Montgomery Street, showing earthquake damage, San Francisco, [s.d.]. Two men in suits, long jackets and hats stand at the center of the street with debris scattered around them. One man points up towards the very tall buildings on the right. Two other people stands on the sidewalk next to large buildings on the left. Piles of crumbled walls can be seen further down the street in the background.

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Title View of California Street and Montgomery Street, showing earthquake damage, San Francisco, [s.d.]

Subject buildings (lcsh), Earthquakes (lcsh), Fires (lcsh), roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Montgomery Street (roadway), San Francisco (city or populated place), San Francisco (counties), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, 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), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Creator Rieden, Cardinell and Company (photographer)

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-m24049

Identifier 49472 (accession number), CHS-49472 (call number), CHS-49472 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-22932 (legacy record id), chs-m24049 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 22932

Unique identifier UC123877

Legacy Identifier CHS-49472.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.7 in × 28.5 in at 300dpi
52.6 cm × 72.4 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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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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