California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

View of Los Angeles city planners in front of a map showing projected improvements to the Los Angeles County Fair Grounds, ca.1929

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View of Los Angeles city planners in front of a map showing projected improvements to the Los Angeles County Fair Grounds, ca.1929

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Photograph of a view of Los Angeles city planners in front of a map showing projected improvements to the Los Angeles County Fair Grounds, ca.1929. Five men stand in an interior space, looking at a map on the wall of the Los Angeles County Fair Grounds in Pomona. Three of the men stand to the left of the map, while two stand to the right; one of the men to the left gestures with a pen or a pointer to an area of the map. A plaque with text concerning city planning, titled "Herbert Hoover Says", hangs on the wall below the map.

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Title View of Los Angeles city planners in front of a map showing projected improvements to the Los Angeles County Fair Grounds, ca.1929

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1929

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), 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 1929

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-m11222

Identifier 31177 (accession number), CHS-31177 (call number), CHS-31177 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-10645 (legacy record id), chs-m11222 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-11372 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 10645

Unique identifier UC140440

Legacy Identifier CHS-31177.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.3 in × 16.3 in at 300dpi
51.6 cm × 41.5 cm at 300dpi

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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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