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Birds eye view of downtown Los Angeles, [s.d.]
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Birds eye view of downtown Los Angeles, [s.d.]
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Description
Photograph of a birds eye view of downtown Los Angeles, [s.d.]. Numerous buildings can be seen in downtown from this elevated perspective. The intersection of Broadway and 11th Streets can be seen in the right foreground, with Broadway Boulevard extending north to a vanishing point on the horizon, at right. The silhouette of mountains can be seen on the horizon, behind downtown Los Angeles.; Legible signs include the following: "Law engineering architecture", "Printing", "Will A. Kistler Co. Printers", "Highest cash price paid for used cars", "[...]ding Machine Company", "Leroy C. Bishop", "Federal Trucks Ford cars", "Auto livery autos for rent without drivers", "Q and H service", "Daynes-Beebe Music Co. pianos players".
Asset Metadata
Title
Birds eye view of downtown Los Angeles, [s.d.]
Subject
Automobiles
(lcsh),
buildings
(lcsh),
cities
(adlf),
Streets
(lcsh),
Views
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
11th Street
(roadway),
Broadway Boulevard
(roadway),
California
(states),
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m30476
Identifier
37335 (
accession number
), CHS-37335 (
call number
), CHS-37335 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-24576 (
legacy record id
), chs-m30476 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
24576
Unique identifier
UC132168
Legacy Identifier
CHS-37335.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
21.4 in × 17.0 in at 300dpi
54.3 cm × 43.4 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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