California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Aerial view of the Los Angeles County Fair, ca.1944

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Aerial view of the Los Angeles County Fair, ca.1944

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Photograph of an aerial view of the Los Angeles County Fair, ca.1944. Rows of cars can be seen parked at bottom, while a racetrack and grandstand are visible at right. Rows of plants can be seen above the racetrack and into the background. Trees and buildings are visible throughout.

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Title Aerial view of the Los Angeles County Fair, ca.1944

Subject Fairs (lcsh), Festivals and parades -- Los Angeles County Fair -- Pomona (file heading), Los Angeles County Fair (subject), recreational facilities (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1944

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 1944

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-m11217

Identifier 36696 (accession number), CHS-36696 (call number), CHS-36696 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-10641 (legacy record id), chs-m11217 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-11367 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 10641

Unique identifier UC140477

Legacy Identifier CHS-36696.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.4 in × 15.4 in at 300dpi
49.4 cm × 39.3 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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