California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

View of Wilshire Boulevard looking west from Mariposa Avenue, February 6, 1953

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View of Wilshire Boulevard looking west from Mariposa Avenue, February 6, 1953

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Photograph of a view of Wilshire Boulevard looking west from Mariposa Avenue, February 6, 1953. At left, a tall building with extensive landscaping in front can be seen. Wilshire runs from the foreground at right into the distance at left. A large number of automobiles can be seen on the wide paved street. At right, a large, light-colored building with a tall tower on the corner is visible. Palm trees and streetlights can be seen along the length of the road. In the foreground at left, a man appears to be photographing the viewer.; Legible signs include, from left: "Bank of America", "Enjoy Life the new Filter Length Cigarette", "See it now the Mirror", "Dollar Days", "Hawaii Fly Pan American", "Mariposa Avenue", "Stop", "No Parking 7 am to 9 am 4 pm to 6:15 pm Parking 1 Hour 9 am to 4 pm Sundays excepted", and "Blue Cross".

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Title View of Wilshire Boulevard looking west from Mariposa Avenue, February 6, 1953

Subject Los Angeles -- Streets -- Wilshire Boulevard (2 of 3) (subject), roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1953-02-06

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

Date Created 1953-02-06

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-m21034

Identifier 32948 (accession number), CHS-2948 (call number), CHS-32948 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-20051 (legacy record id), chs-m21034 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 20051

Unique identifier UC122382

Legacy Identifier CHS-32948.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.2 in × 12.7 in at 300dpi
41.3 cm × 32.4 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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