California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Birdseye view of Los Angeles, showing several car dealers, [s.d.]

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Birdseye view of Los Angeles, showing several car dealers, [s.d.]

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Photograph of a birdseye view of Los Angeles, showing several car dealers, [s.d.]. The city stretches across the image and is comprised of hundreds of buildings. In the foreground, a line of used car dealers can be seen from left to right. The spires of a church can be seen in the background at left, while several tall rectangular buildings are visible at center and right. A small number of trees can be seen around a Victorian house in the foreground at center.; Legible signs include, from left: "Paige Co. of So. Cal. Used Car Dept", "Hotel Pleasanton", "Home of Western [?]", "Used Cars", "Henry B. Ayers Co.", "The Wade Apartments", "Winslow B. Felix Co.", "Chevrolet" and J. Ben J. Fahy Ford Dealer".

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Title Birdseye view of Los Angeles, showing several car dealers, [s.d.]

Subject buildings (adlf), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m23894

Identifier 48541 (accession number), CHS-48541 (call number), CHS-48541 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-22357 (legacy record id), chs-m23894 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 22357

Unique identifier UC123589

Legacy Identifier CHS-48541.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.7 in × 16.9 in at 300dpi
52.7 cm × 43.1 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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