California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Birdseye view of the City Hall construction site in Los Angeles from a building in the civic center, 1926-1928

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Birdseye view of the City Hall construction site in Los Angeles from a building in the civic center, 1926-1928

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Photograph of a birdseye view of the City Hall construction site in Los Angeles from a building in the civic center, 1926-1928. The construction site is a large rectangular area at center. At right, a tall rectangular structure made of steel girders can be seen, while a similar structure is being laid out at left. In the background, hundreds of warehouse-type buildings are visible, while at left, The Amestoy Building located at the intersection of North Main and Market streets can be seen. To its right, the U.S. Hotel is visible. Two tall cylindrical LAGas natural gas storage tanks can be seen at left.

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Title Birdseye view of the City Hall construction site in Los Angeles from a building in the civic center, 1926-1928

Subject buildings (adlf), buildings (lcsh), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Main Street (roadway), Market Street (roadway), 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.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m21089

Identifier 35192 (accession number), CHS-35192 (call number), CHS-35192 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-20105 (legacy record id), chs-m21089 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 20105

Unique identifier UC122409

Legacy Identifier CHS-35192.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 28.4 in × 19.6 in at 300dpi
72.2 cm × 49.8 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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