California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

View of the groundbreaking ceremony for the State Office Building on First Street in Los Angeles, [s.d.]

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View of the groundbreaking ceremony for the State Office Building on First Street in Los Angeles, [s.d.]

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Photograph of a view of the groundbreaking ceremony for the State Office Building on First Street in Los Angeles, [s.d.]. Three men in suits are holding shovels at center and looking at the camera. The men are digging up the dirt at right. Several more well-dressed men can be seen standing in the background, and a young boy in overalls is grabbing one of the shovels at right. Several tall buildings are visible in the distance.

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Title View of the groundbreaking ceremony for the State Office Building on First Street in Los Angeles, [s.d.]

Subject buildings (adlf), buildings (lcsh), Festivals and parades -- General (file heading), Rites and ceremonies (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 1st Street (roadway), California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 26 x 21 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)

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-m20439

Identifier 33153 (accession number), CHS-33153 (call number), CHS-33153 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-22667 (legacy record id), chs-m20439 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 22667

Unique identifier UC123711

Legacy Identifier CHS-33153.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.0 in × 19.5 in at 300dpi
40.7 cm × 49.6 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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