California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Exterior view of the athenaeum at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, [s.d.]

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Exterior view of the athenaeum at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, [s.d.]

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Photograph of an exterior view of the athenaeum at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, [s.d.]. The building can be seen at center and is mostly hidden from view by an assortment of tall plants and trees that are growing in terraced planters on the side of the structure. A two-story building with a terracotta tile roof is visible in the background at left. A stairway is visible at left.

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Title Exterior view of the athenaeum at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, [s.d.]

Subject Architecture, Spanish colonial (lcsh), buildings (lcsh), California Institute of Technology (subject), educational facilities (adlf), Universities and colleges (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 13 x 17 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (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.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m23474

Identifier 49940 (accession number), CHS-49940 (call number), CHS-49940 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-23406 (legacy record id), chs-m23474 (legacy record id), USC (project), ARCH-122 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 23406

Unique identifier UC127120

Legacy Identifier CHS-49940.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 24.7 in × 19.3 in at 300dpi
62.9 cm × 49.2 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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