California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Campsites in an automobile camp at the Los Angeles Municipal Camp Grounds in Elysian Park, ca.1923

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Campsites in an automobile camp at the Los Angeles Municipal Camp Grounds in Elysian Park, ca.1923

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Photograph of campsites in an automobile camp at the Los Angeles Municipal Camp Grounds in Elysian Park, ca.1923. A dirt road runs from the foreground at center to the background at left. The right side of the road is lined with small wooden stalls that contain automobiles and tents. Another similar lane can be seen above and to the right. Tall eucalyptus trees are visible throughout the campground. Five people can be seen standing near a car at right, while more people are visible in the background at left.

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Title Campsites in an automobile camp at the Los Angeles Municipal Camp Grounds in Elysian Park, ca.1923

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Camping (lcsh), camps (adlf), Eucalyptus (lcsh), Outdoor recreation (lcsh), Tents (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), parks: Elysian Park (geographic subject), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1923

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)

Date Created 1923

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-m21332

Identifier 36307 (accession number), CHS-36307 (call number), CHS-36307 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-20340 (legacy record id), chs-m21332 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 20340

Unique identifier UC132739

Legacy Identifier CHS-36307.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.7 in × 13.3 in at 300dpi
42.5 cm × 33.9 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

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