California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Aerial view of Van Nuys, ca.1945

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Aerial view of Van Nuys, ca.1945

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Photograph of an aerial view of Van Nuys, ca.1945. The city can be seen at center and is composed of hundreds of small buildings gathered around a grid of large streets. In the foreground and at right, several large, open fields are visible. The broad plain on which the city is built extends far into the distance, where it stops at the foot of a mountain range that runs across the entire image. At left, a tall, light-colored building is visible.

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Title Aerial view of Van Nuys, ca.1945

Subject cities (adlf), Dwellings (lcsh), Los Angeles -- San Fernando Valley -- Van Nuys (subject), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1945

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

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

Date Created 1945

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-m21032

Identifier 32894 (accession number), CHS-32894 (call number), CHS-32894 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-20049 (legacy record id), chs-m21032 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 20049

Unique identifier UC122242

Legacy Identifier CHS-32894.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.5 in × 13.9 in at 300dpi
47.0 cm × 35.3 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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