California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Furniture display in the basement of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce building, ca.1938

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Furniture display in the basement of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce building, ca.1938

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Photograph of a furniture display in the basement of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce building, ca.1938. A booth from the Royalchrome company can be seen in the foreground. Several different kinds of metal chairs can be seen around a table. A hat rack is also visible. In the background at left, the booth from the International Business Corporation. Lamps can be seen hanging from the ceiling, and a bamboo wall is visible at left.; A sign on the Royalchrome booth reads: "Royalchrome America's Finest Quality Chrome Furniture Complete display at 1206 Hill St. 4 Doors South of 129 on Hill".

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Title Furniture display in the basement of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce building, ca.1938

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1938

Subject Boards of trade (lcsh), buildings (adlf), Exhibit booths (lcsh), Exhibitions (lcsh), Furniture (lcsh), International Busniness Corporation (subject), Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce (naf), Royalchrome (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1938

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)

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m9748

Identifier 36779 (accession number), CHS-36779 (call number), CHS-36779 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-9992 (legacy record id), chs-m9748 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 9992

Unique identifier UC139818

Legacy Identifier CHS-36779.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.9 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
48.0 cm × 34.6 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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