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A view of Figueroa Street looking north from Venice Boulevard, showing view of automobile row, October 30, 1925
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A view of Figueroa Street looking north from Venice Boulevard, showing view of automobile row, October 30, 1925
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Description
Photograph of a view of Figueroa Street looking north from Venice Boulevard, showing a view of automobile row, October 30, 1925. Automobiles can be seen driving through Figueroa Street, as well as parked on both sides of the street. At right, a small one story building can be seen, bearing the sign, "Flint Motor Cars", indicating that the building is probably an automobile dealership. Several more small buildings can be seen on the left and right sides of Figueroa Street. A banner can be seen hung across Figueroa Street, which reads, "Community Chest Appeal".; Legible signs read: "[M]anchester [A]partments", "Flint", "Hupmobile", "Buick", "R.C. Durant, Inc.", and "Used Cars".
Asset Metadata
Title
A view of Figueroa Street looking north from Venice Boulevard, showing view of automobile row, October 30, 1925
Subject
Automobiles
(lcsh),
buildings
(lcsh),
roadways
(adlf),
Streets
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Figueroa Street
(roadway),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1931-10-30
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
1931-10-30
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-m30355
Identifier
36936 (
accession number
), CHS-36936 (
call number
), CHS-36936 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-24349 (
legacy record id
), chs-m30355 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
24349
Unique identifier
UC132152
Legacy Identifier
CHS-36936.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
23.1 in × 16.5 in at 300dpi
58.7 cm × 42.0 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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