Exterior view of the Los Angeles Public Library from across a grassy field, [s.d.]

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Photograph of an exterior view of the Los Angeles Public Library from across a grassy field, [s.d.]. The large library building can be seen at center. It is a four-story building with a tall tower protruding from the roof. The top of the tower is capped by a pyramidal structure decorated with a mosaic. Two statues of people can be seen on either side of the entrance to the library at center, and a sign above and between them reads "Et Qvasi Cvrsores Vitai Lampada Tradvnt". A park-like area can be seen in the foreground and is shaded by an assortment of tress and divided by a cement walkway towards the left. Also see CHS-m1896 and CHS-m18134.

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Title Exterior view of the Los Angeles Public Library from across a grassy field, [s.d.]

Subject library buildings (adlf), Los Angeles Public Library (naf), Public libraries (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 630 West 5th Street (roadway), California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 1 photograph : negative, b&w (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-m30103

Identifier 37229 (accession number), CHS-37229 (call number), CHS-37229 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25234 (legacy record id), chs-m30103 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25234

Unique identifier UC131738

Legacy Identifier CHS-37229.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.7 in × 13.4 in at 300dpi
42.5 cm × 34.1 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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