California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Dollar Steamship Lines terminal at Berth 155 in the Port of Los Angeles, August 12, 1937

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Dollar Steamship Lines terminal at Berth 155 in the Port of Los Angeles, August 12, 1937

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Photograph of the Dollar Steamship Lines terminal at Berth 155 in the Port of Los Angeles, August 12, 1937. A large, three-story building can be seen at center with three cars parked in front in the lot at left. An American flag can be seen flying from the roof of the building, while the building reads, "Port of Los Angeles. Berth [...]. Dollar Steamship Lines". A road can be seen from the left foreground into the right background. A criss-cross of lines can be seen above the road. The harbor is visible to the left of the building, while other buildings are visible across the harbor in the left background.; "Showing a modern passenger and freight terminal at Berth 155, Los Angeles Harbor. An automatic gantry, overhead passenger ramp admits passengers directly from the upper deck of the boats to a mezzanine corridor, where they may leave the shed by means of an overhead passage without conflicting with cargo moving operations."

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Title Dollar Steamship Lines terminal at Berth 155 in the Port of Los Angeles, August 12, 1937

Subject buildings (adlf), Harbors (lcsh), Los Angeles -- San Pedro and Wilmington -- Architecture -- General (file heading), Los Angeles -- San Pedro and Wilmington -- Architecture -- Miscellaneous (file heading), Steamboat lines (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1937-08-12

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)

Date Created 1937-08-12

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-m4541

Identifier 44528 (accession number), CHS-44528 (call number), CHS-44528 (filename), plate no: 18-E (identifying number), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5168 (legacy record id), chs-m4541 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-4638 (legacy record id), USC (project), 41996 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5168

Unique identifier UC127210

Legacy Identifier CHS-44528.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.6 in × 16.5 in at 300dpi
52.5 cm × 41.9 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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