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8th street looking north-west, Los Angeles, CA, ca.1920
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8th street looking north-west, Los Angeles, CA, ca.1920

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Photograph of the 8th street looking north-west, Los Angeles, CA, ca.1920. Multiple automobiles can be seen parked or driving on a paved road which runs from the foreground towards the background. A one-story building with "Fountain Service Restaurant Soda" painted on its wall is visible at left, while a twelve-story building can be seen behind it. The tall building has an outdoor fire escape and arches on the first story. Similar tall buildings are visible at right, while "Great Republic Life" can be seen on a vertical sign on one of the buildings. Pedestrians can be seen throughout. 
Asset Metadata
Title 8th street looking north-west, Los Angeles, CA, ca.1920 
Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital) 
Date Created 1920 
Subject Automobiles  (lcsh), roadways  (adlf), Streets--California  (lcsh), Tall buildings  (lcsh) 
Tags OAI-PMH Harvest 
Place 8th Street (roadway), California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries) 
Temporal Subject 1920 
Type images
Format 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 18 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. 
Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given 
Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m21184 
Identifier 35375 (accession number), CHS-35375 (call number), CHS-35375 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-20196 (legacy record id), chs-m21184 (legacy record id), USC (project) 
IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID] 
DM Record ID 20196 
Unique identifier UC122524 
Legacy Identifier CHS-35375.tiff 
Type Image 
Internet Media Type image/tiff
Resolution 16.4 in × 23.5 in at 300dpi
41.8 cm × 59.9 cm at 300dpi 
Inherited Values
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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