California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Group portrait of the Los Angeles Polytechnic High School Evening Photography Class, October 1929

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Group portrait of the Los Angeles Polytechnic High School Evening Photography Class, October 1929

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Photographic group portrait of the Los Angeles Polytechnic High School Evening Photography Class, October 1929. Two rows of men stand against a wall, while a row of women are seated in student desks in front of them. The wall's three windows are covered by boards. Two lights hang from the ceiling, one at left and one at right, while a photographic enlarger sits at the far right.

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Title Group portrait of the Los Angeles Polytechnic High School Evening Photography Class, October 1929

Subject educational facilities (adlf), High schools (lcsh), Photography -- Study and teaching (lcsh), Polytechnic Evening High School (subject), Portraits -- Group -- School (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1929-10

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm., 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)

Date Created 1929-10

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-m13182

Identifier 14624 (accession number), CHS-14624 (call number), CHS-14624 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12691 (legacy record id), chs-m13182 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-13335 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12691

Unique identifier UC133642

Legacy Identifier CHS-14624.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.8 in × 16.0 in at 300dpi
50.4 cm × 40.8 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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