California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Cars parked at a beach along Pacific Coast Highway, [s.d.]

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Cars parked at a beach along Pacific Coast Highway, [s.d.]

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Photograph of cars parked at a beach along Pacific Coast Highway, [s.d.]. The highway can be seen in the lower left corner of the image. Two large parking lots can be seen on the left side of the road, and a wide, sandy beach is visible to the right of the lots. The ocean can be seen at right. Many people can be seen on the beach under umbrellas or in the water. The lots are full of automobiles. A small building with a terracotta tile roof is visible between the lots at center.

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Title Cars parked at a beach along Pacific Coast Highway, [s.d.]

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Bathing beaches (lcsh), Beaches (adlf), Pacific Ocean (lcsh), Umbrellas (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), Pacific Coast Highway (roadway), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (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.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m21141

Identifier 36301 (accession number), CHS-36301 (call number), CHS-36301 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-20156 (legacy record id), chs-m21141 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 20156

Unique identifier UC122675

Legacy Identifier CHS-36301.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.6 in × 13.3 in at 300dpi
42.2 cm × 33.9 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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