Sunken ground near a post office after an earthquake, [s.d.]

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Title Sunken ground near a post office after an earthquake, [s.d.]

Description Photograph of sunken ground near a post office after an earthquake, [s.d.]. The corner of two cobblestone streets can be seen at center with faint images of people walking across them at center. Debris is piled on the right while the ground has fallen to a lower level on the left. The drop in the ground level occurs just in front of the brick post office building on the far left.

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Subject buildings (lcsh), Earthquakes (lcsh), Fires (lcsh), Postal service -- Buildings (lcsh), roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh), Views (lcsh)

Tags oai:digitallibrary.usc.edu:chs,OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), 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)

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m23812

Identifier 49447 (accession number), CHS-49447 (call number), CHS-49447 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-22195 (legacy record id), chs-m23812 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 22195

Unique identifier UC123587

Legacy Identifier CHS-49447.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 27.1 in × 19.6 in at 300dpi
68.9 cm × 49.9 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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