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View of the construction of the Los Angeles City Hall from a nearby street, ca.1927
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View of the construction of the Los Angeles City Hall from a nearby street, ca.1927
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Description
Photograph of a view of the construction of the Los Angeles City Hall from a nearby street, ca.1927. The partially completed City Hall can be seen in the background at center. It has no walls and is made of steel beams. The general shape of the building can be seen, with a tall tower at center and a wide rectangular base. In the foreground, two-story buildings line an unpaved road, and early-model automobiles can be seen parked along the curbs. Streetcar tracks can be seen in the middle of the road, and a streetcar can be seen at center. Two automobiles are visible in the foreground at right.
Asset Metadata
Title
View of the construction of the Los Angeles City Hall from a nearby street, ca.1927
Subject
Architecture
(lcsh),
Automobiles
(lcsh),
Building sites
(lcsh),
buildings
(adlf),
Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.)
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1927
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 18 x 13 cm.
(aacr2),
negatives (photographic)
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection)
Date Created
1927
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m21804
Identifier
36633 (
accession number
), CHS-36633 (
call number
), CHS-36633 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-20803 (
legacy record id
), chs-m21804 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
20803
Unique identifier
UC133722
Legacy Identifier
CHS-36633.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
12.8 in × 18.0 in at 300dpi
32.7 cm × 45.9 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
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
Linked assets
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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