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Intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Hoover Street, Los Angeles, July 1940
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Intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Hoover Street, Los Angeles, July 1940

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Photograph of the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Hoover Street, Los Angeles, July 1940. Wilshire curves from the foreground at left into the background at center. Several large palm trees can be seen on the right side of the street in the foreground. In the background, several large buildings are visible, including one with a large tower at left. Automobiles can be seen forming four lanes of traffic on Wilshire, while more cars are parked along the sides of the street. A traffic signal is visible in the foreground under a palm tree. 
Asset Metadata
Title Intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Hoover Street, Los Angeles, July 1940 
Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital) 
Date Created 1940-07 
Subject Automobiles  (lcsh), buildings  (lcsh), Palms  (lcsh), roadways  (adlf), Streets  (lcsh) 
Tags OAI-PMH Harvest 
Place California (states), Hoover Street (roadway), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries), Wilshire Boulevard (roadway) 
Temporal Subject 1940-07 
Type images
Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 18 x 13 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat) 
Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection) 
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-m19167 
Identifier 36030 (accession number), CHS-36030 (call number), CHS-36030 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-19079 (legacy record id), chs-m19167 (legacy record id), USC (project) 
IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID] 
DM Record ID 19079 
Unique identifier UC137305 
Legacy Identifier CHS-36030.tiff 
Type Image 
Internet Media Type image/tiff
Resolution 13.5 in × 16.7 in at 300dpi
34.2 cm × 42.6 cm at 300dpi 
Inherited Values
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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