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Exterior view of a two-story building on Sunset Boulevard, 1930-1939
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Exterior view of a two-story building on Sunset Boulevard, 1930-1939
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Description
Photograph of an exterior view of a two-story building on Sunset Boulevard, 1930-1939. The tall building can be seen at center. It has two-stories in the middle, while its wings have only one story. The roof in the middle is steeply sloped and two dormers can be seen protruding from the wooden shingles. The roof over the wings is flat. Two large chimneys are visible. A row of automobiles can be seen parked on the road in the foreground, while several tress are visible along the sidewalk in front of the building. A man can be seen adjusting something in the backseat of a car at left.; Legible signs include, from left" "[?]on H. Bren", "Orsatti & Co.", "9000 Sunset", "N. T. Shaw Business Management", "Marie Levenhagen Publicity", and "Dorothy [?] Gowns".
Asset Metadata
Title
Exterior view of a two-story building on Sunset Boulevard, 1930-1939
Subject
Automobiles
(lcsh),
buildings
(adlf),
Los Angeles -- Streets -- Sunset Boulevard
(subject),
Stores, Retail
(lcsh),
Streets
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
9000 Sunset Boulevard
(roadway),
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1930/1939
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
1930/1939
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m21074
Identifier
35150 (
accession number
), CHS-35150 (
call number
), CHS-35150 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-20090 (
legacy record id
), chs-m21074 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
20090
Unique identifier
UC122344
Legacy Identifier
CHS-35150.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
18.0 in × 12.8 in at 300dpi
45.7 cm × 32.5 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
Linked assets
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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