California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Panoramic view of Ventura looking toward the pier and ocean, ca.1945

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Panoramic view of Ventura looking toward the pier and ocean, ca.1945

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Photograph of a panoramic view of Ventura looking toward the pier and ocean, ca.1945. Multiple buildings are visible directly next to one another at center. Signs are visible on the buildings are center reading, "Hibbs", "Karl's", "Kirby's", and "Scott's Apparel". A road is visible running horizontally across the foreground on a grassy hill above the city, while two other roads lined with parked cars run vertically through the buildings towards the ocean in the background. A pier juts into the ocean at center.

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Title Panoramic view of Ventura looking toward the pier and ocean, ca.1945

Subject cities (adlf), Ocean (lcsh), piers (lcsh), Ventura County -- General (file heading), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries), Ventura (city or populated place), Ventura (counties)

Temporal Subject 1945

Type images

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

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

Date Created 1945

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-m10136

Identifier 43802 (accession number), CHS-43802 (call number), CHS-43802 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-10372 (legacy record id), chs-m10136 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-10278 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 10372

Unique identifier UC140415

Legacy Identifier CHS-43802.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.8 in × 16.3 in at 300dpi
52.9 cm × 41.5 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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