California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Illuminated Christmas trees on Hollywood Boulevard, December, 1928

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Illuminated Christmas trees on Hollywood Boulevard, December, 1928

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Photograph of illuminated Christmas trees on Hollywood Boulevard, December, 1928. Numerous Christmas trees decorated with Christmas lights can be seen lining both sides of Hollywood Boulevard in this photograph, which was taken at night. Several neon signs can be seen on some of the business establishments, and street lights can also be seen, placed at regular intervals, on the sidewalk. Light streaks run along the entire stretch of Hollywood Boulevard photographed, indicating the photograph was taken as an extended exposure, capturing the headlights of cars that drove by as streaks of light.

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Title Illuminated Christmas trees on Hollywood Boulevard, December, 1928

Subject Christmas trees (lcsh), roadways (adlf), Street lighting (lcsh), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1928-12

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 1928-12

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m30347

Identifier 36929 (accession number), CHS-36929 (call number), CHS-36929 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-24335 (legacy record id), chs-m30347 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 24335

Unique identifier UC132142

Legacy Identifier CHS-36929.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 23.2 in × 16.9 in at 300dpi
59.1 cm × 42.9 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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