California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Whittier Boulevard near Montebello, showing the street marked off into four lanes for traffic, October 9, 1929

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Whittier Boulevard near Montebello, showing the street marked off into four lanes for traffic, October 9, 1929

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Photograph of a view of Whittier Boulevard near Montebello, showing the street marked off into four lanes for traffic, October 9, 1929. The four-lane highway extends into the background at center. Automobiles (cars) can be seen in the distance driving either direction. Electrical poles and utility towers line either side of the road. Several shops stand at left with a gas station in the left foreground.

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Title Whittier Boulevard near Montebello, showing the street marked off into four lanes for traffic, October 9, 1929

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), roadways (adlf), Service stations (lcsh), Streets--California (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), Montebello (city or populated place), USA (countries), Whittier Boulevard (roadway)

Temporal Subject 1929-10-09

Type images

Format 1 photograph : negative, 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)

Date Created 1929-10-09

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-m13832

Identifier 36584 (accession number), CHS-36584 (call number), CHS-36584 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-13320 (legacy record id), chs-m13832 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 13320

Unique identifier UC137241

Legacy Identifier CHS-36584.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.6 in × 13.1 in at 300dpi
47.3 cm × 33.5 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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