California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

View of the City Hall construction site with the old courthouse in the background, Los Angeles, 1926-1928

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View of the City Hall construction site with the old courthouse in the background, Los Angeles, 1926-1928

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Photograph of a view of the City Hall construction site with the old courthouse in the background, Los Angeles, 1926-1928. The construction site can be seen in the foreground at left and is a large dirt area with several large square holes dug into its surface. Lumber litters the ground around the site. The Courthouse can be seen in the background at center and is a large Gothic building with a clock tower rising from its roof. Two tall buildings, including the Hall of Justice, can be seen at right, while the Hall of Records is visible at left. Many automobiles can be seen around the construction site.

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Title View of the City Hall construction site with the old courthouse in the background, Los Angeles, 1926-1928

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Building (lcsh), buildings (adlf), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Spring Street -- Unidentified (subject), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1926/1928

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 1926/1928

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-m21087

Identifier 35190 (accession number), CHS-35190 (call number), CHS-35190 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-20103 (legacy record id), chs-m21087 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 20103

Unique identifier UC122363

Legacy Identifier CHS-35190.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.8 in × 12.7 in at 300dpi
45.3 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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