California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Aerial view of Wilshire and Santa Monica Boulevards in Beverly Hills, 1936

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Aerial view of Wilshire and Santa Monica Boulevards in Beverly Hills, 1936

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Photograph of an aerial view of Wilshire and Santa Monica Boulevards in Beverly Hills, 1936. A major road can be seen running from the center foreground into the background. A few other roads are parallel to this road, while one cuts across at an angle towards the bottom. Trees line some of the streets, while residential areas are abundant. What appear to be large grass fields can be seen at bottom, while a circular drive can be seen at bottom to the right of center. Low hills are visible in the distance.

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Title Aerial view of Wilshire and Santa Monica Boulevards in Beverly Hills, 1936

Subject buildings (adlf), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Beverly Hills (city or populated place), California (states), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries), Wilshire Boulevard & Santa Monica Boulevard (roadway)

Temporal Subject 1936

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

Date Created 1936

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-m24456

Identifier 48829 (accession number), CHS-48829 (call number), CHS-48829 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-23726 (legacy record id), chs-m24456 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 23726

Unique identifier UC126217

Legacy Identifier CHS-48829.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 27.8 in × 20.0 in at 300dpi
70.6 cm × 50.9 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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