California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Exterior view of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles with a parking lot in the foreground, ca.1920-1929

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Exterior view of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles with a parking lot in the foreground, ca.1920-1929

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Photograph of an exterior view of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles with a parking lot in the foreground, ca.1920-1929. The large hotel can be seen in the background and is divided into two wings. The building is five stories high and has rows of rectangular windows. Two chimneys and a tower protrude from the terracotta tile roof. A large grassy area can be seen in the foreground, and rows of automobiles are parked along the edge at right. Trees and bushes surround a covered walkway at left. An American flag flies from a pole on top of the hotel.

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Title Exterior view of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles with a parking lot in the foreground, ca.1920-1929

Subject Ambassador Hotel (naf corporate name), buildings (adlf), Hotels, taverns, etc. (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1920/1929

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 1920/1929

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-m21110

Identifier 35223 (accession number), CHS-35223 (call number), CHS-35223 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-20125 (legacy record id), chs-m21110 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 20125

Unique identifier UC122652

Legacy Identifier CHS-35223.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.1 in × 12.6 in at 300dpi
45.9 cm × 32.2 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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