California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Groundbreaking ceremony for the State Office Building on First Street, ca.1925

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Groundbreaking ceremony for the State Office Building on First Street, ca.1925

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Photograph of a groundbreaking ceremony for the State Office Building on First Street, ca.1925. Three men wearing suits pose in the center with large shovels in their hands. All of the shovels converge at a point to the left of center in a pile of dirt. A young boy wearing overalls with no shirt underneath grasps the handle of one man's shovel to the left of center while more men are visible in the background.

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Title Groundbreaking ceremony for the State Office Building on First Street, ca.1925

Subject buildings (adlf), buildings (lcsh), Festivals and parades -- General (file heading), Rites and ceremonies (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 1st Street (roadway), California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1925

Type images

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

Date Created 1925

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-m10503

Identifier 40454 (accession number), CHS-40454 (call number), CHS-40454 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-15637 (legacy record id), chs-m10503 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-10651 (legacy record id), USC (project), 84-1-902 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 15637

Unique identifier UC143009

Legacy Identifier CHS-40454.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.6 in × 20.8 in at 300dpi
42.1 cm × 53.0 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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