California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Foothill Boulevard at Monrovia Canyon Creek after widening, 1929

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Foothill Boulevard at Monrovia Canyon Creek after widening, 1929

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Photograph of Foothill Boulevard at Monrovia Canyon Creek after widening, 1929. The four-lane road runs from the foreground at right to the background at center. It crosses a short bridge at center over the creek. Three solid lines divide the road into lans. An automobile is visible in the leftmost lane in the background. Several large trees can be seen around the road, while buildings are visible in the background at left. Tall mountains can be seen in the distance at right.

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Title Foothill Boulevard at Monrovia Canyon Creek after widening, 1929

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Bridges (lcsh), Mountains (lcsh), roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh), Trees (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1929

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 1929

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-m30088

Identifier 37047 (accession number), CHS-37047 (call number), CHS-37047 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25219 (legacy record id), chs-m30088 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25219

Unique identifier UC131712

Legacy Identifier CHS-37047.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.5 in × 13.1 in at 300dpi
46.9 cm × 33.4 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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