California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Construction of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce building, ca.1922

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Construction of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce building, ca.1922

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Photograph of the construction of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce building, ca.1922. The construction site can be seen in the foreground. It was located between Broadway and Hill Street, and between 11th Street and 12th Street in Los Angeles, CA. Several large cranes can be seen in the rectangular site, and the ground is littered with metal beams. Several small structures can be seen near the bases of the cranes.The three-story Herald Examiner building with a terracotta tile roof can be seen in the background at left. American flags fly from its roof.; Legible signs include, from left: "Fords", "IXL Auto Market", "[Herald] Examiner" and "Auto Park". The building was demolished in 1968; it was located at 1151 South Broadway. Additional information: Originally, the photograph was captioned as "Construction of a large building, possibly in Los Angeles's Chinatown, [s.d.]".

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Title Construction of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce building, ca.1922

Subject buildings (adlf), Construction industry (lcsh), Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce (corporate name), Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Building (subject), Los Angeles Herald Examiner (corporate name)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 1151 South Broadway (roadway), California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1922

Type images

Format 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 13 x 17 cm. (aacr2), photographs (aat), transparencies (aat)

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

Date Created 1922

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-m21083

Identifier 35186 (accession number), CHS-35186 (call number), CHS-35186 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-20099 (legacy record id), chs-m21083 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 20099

Unique identifier UC122341

Legacy Identifier CHS-35186.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.1 in × 12.7 in at 300dpi
46.0 cm × 32.3 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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