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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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Description
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
Linked assets
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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