California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Birdseye view of Hollywood showing the El Capitan Theatre and Grauman's Chinese Theater, [s.d.]

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Birdseye view of Hollywood showing the El Capitan Theatre and Grauman's Chinese Theater, [s.d.]

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Photograph of a birdseye view of Hollywood showing the El Capitan Theatre and Grauman's Chinese Theater, [s.d.] The two theaters can be seen at center and are surrounded by many other large buildings. In the foreground, dozens of small houses can be seen mixed in with large trees. Highland Avenue can be seen running from the foreground to the background at right. In the background, the Hollywood Hills can be seen running across the image from left to right.

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Title Birdseye view of Hollywood showing the El Capitan Theatre and Grauman's Chinese Theater, [s.d.]

Subject cities (adlf), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

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)

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-m21181

Identifier 35249 (accession number), CHS-35249 (call number), CHS-35249 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-20193 (legacy record id), chs-m21181 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 20193

Unique identifier UC122610

Legacy Identifier CHS-35249.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.7 in × 13.2 in at 300dpi
47.5 cm × 33.7 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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