California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Birdseye view of Pasadena, looking north over the city, ca.1914

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Birdseye view of Pasadena, looking north over the city, ca.1914

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Photograph of a birdseye view of Pasadena, looking north over the city, ca.1914. City Hall is pictured at the center of this birdseye view, with other commercial buildings filling the centerground around it. The foreground shows residences and trees, while the near background contains vegetation. Hills border the vegetation and fill the remainder of the background.

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Title Birdseye view of Pasadena, looking north over the city, ca.1914

Creator Foster and Kleiser (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1914

Subject cities (adlf), Pasadena -- General (subject), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1914

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 13 x 10 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.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m20241

Identifier 31011 (accession number), CHS-31011 (call number), CHS-31011 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-21039 (legacy record id), chs-m20241 (legacy record id), 1-37- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 21039

Unique identifier UC133920

Legacy Identifier CHS-31011.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 20.8 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 52.9 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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