California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

People walking through Pershing Square, showing the Title Guarantee and Trust Company Building, ca.1935

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People walking through Pershing Square, showing the Title Guarantee and Trust Company Building, ca.1935

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Photograph of people walking through Pershing Square, showing the Title Guarantee and Trust Company building, ca.1935. Men and women can be seen walking along a wide, paved walkway from the center foreground towards the background. A man and woman at left wear suits. Benches line the walkway, while various palms, trees, and plants can be seen at left and right. Buildings are visible in the background, including the Title Guarantee and Trust Company building to the left of center. This art deco building was completed in 1931 and features Zig Zag Moderne features. It is topped with a prominent Gothic style tower. Additional information: The Title Guarantee and Trust Company Building was designed by John and Donald Parkinson. They were prominent architects who designed quite a few buildings in downtown Los Angeles (and on the USC campus). The building was finished in 1930 and opened in 1931.

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Title People walking through Pershing Square, showing the Title Guarantee and Trust Company Building, ca.1935

Creator Parkinson, Donald (architect), Parkinson, John (architect)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1935

Subject buildings (lcsh), Parks (lcsh), Parks (adlf), Pershing Square (subject), Title Guarantee and Trust Company (Los Angeles, Calif.) (corporate name), Trees -- California (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Fifth Street (roadway), Hill Street (roadway), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1935

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)

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-m30109

Identifier 37232 (accession number), CHS-37232 (call number), CHS-37232 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-23964 (legacy record id), chs-m30109 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 23964

Unique identifier UC131730

Legacy Identifier CHS-37232.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.8 in × 13.5 in at 300dpi
42.7 cm × 34.4 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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