California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Birdseye view of Hollywood Boulevard showing the Hotel Christie, [s.d.]

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Birdseye view of Hollywood Boulevard showing the Hotel Christie, [s.d.]

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Photograph of a birdseye view of Hollywood Boulevard showing the Hotel Christie, [s.d.]. Hollywood Boulevard runs from the foreground at center to the background at right. Several two- and three-story buildings line the paved road, while the tall tower of the Security First National Bank can be seen on a streetcorner in the foregroun. The bank building is eleven stories high and topped by a conical roof sectoin and an American flag. Many automobiles can be seen on the streets, and a streetcar can be seen at left.; Legible signs include, from left: "Hotel Hollywood", "Security First National Bank", "Robertson Company", "Monmarte", "Mini Café", "Hotel Christie", "Bank of America", and "Millers".

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Title Birdseye view of Hollywood Boulevard showing the Hotel Christie, [s.d.]

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Subject cities (adlf), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Type images

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

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

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-m21178

Identifier 35245 (accession number), CHS-35245 (call number), CHS-35245 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-20190 (legacy record id), chs-m21178 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 20190

Unique identifier UC122607

Legacy Identifier CHS-35245.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.2 in × 18.8 in at 300dpi
33.5 cm × 47.9 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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