California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Aerial view of Rainbow Pier, Long Beach, [s.d.]

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Aerial view of Rainbow Pier, Long Beach, [s.d.]

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Photograph of an aerial view of Rainbow Pier, Long Beach, [s.d.]. The U-shaped pier can be seen at right, and the Municipal Auditorium is visible at center. In the foreground at left, the Amusement Pier can be seen. The city of Long Beach is composed of a dense mixture of buildings that extends from the beach into the background. Far in the distance at left, an oil field is visible.

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Title Aerial view of Rainbow Pier, Long Beach, [s.d.]

Subject Auditoriums (lcsh), Beaches (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- Long Beach -- General aerials and panoramas (file heading), piers (lcsh), piers (adlf), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

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-m4530

Identifier 36113 (accession number), CHS-36113 (call number), CHS-36113 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5179 (legacy record id), chs-m4530 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5179

Unique identifier UC126615

Legacy Identifier CHS-36113.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.6 in × 13.2 in at 300dpi
42.2 cm × 33.6 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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