California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Birdseye view of Hollywood Boulevard, showing metallic wreaths with pictures, [s.d.]

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Birdseye view of Hollywood Boulevard, showing metallic wreaths with pictures, [s.d.]

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Photograph of birdseye view of Hollywood Boulevard, showing metallic wreaths with pictures, [s.d.]. In the foreground at left, Hollywood Blvd. can be seen extending into the background at right. Six cars move along the street in the foreground, and several more automobiles are visible along the sides of the street and in the background. Metallic street car rails can be seen at the center of the street and arcing in the foreground. At the corner of the curb at center, two people stand near a small pole holding a metallic wreath. Above the wreath, a painted Christmas tree with two stars can be seen. At the center of the wreath, a picture of what appears to be a movie star is visible. Several wreaths line both sides of the street and extend into the far background. Legible signs include, "Coco Tree Cafe", "Raphael Glass Co.", and "Hollywood Citizen."

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Title Birdseye view of Hollywood Boulevard, showing metallic wreaths with pictures, [s.d.]

Subject Christmas decorations (lcsh), roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh), Wreaths (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Hollywood Blvd. (roadway), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

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)

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-m13059

Identifier 35331 (accession number), CHS-35331 (call number), CHS-35331 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12591 (legacy record id), chs-m13059 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12591

Unique identifier UC133681

Legacy Identifier CHS-35331.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.5 in × 18.9 in at 300dpi
34.4 cm × 48.0 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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