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View of Pershing Square from the Pershing Square Building, showing a street on the left, 1930
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View of Pershing Square from the Pershing Square Building, showing a street on the left, 1930
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Description
Photograph of a view of Pershing Square from the Pershing Square Building, showing a street on the left, 1930. A long street with automobiles driving down its center and others parked along its sidewalks extends from the left foreground to the left distance. Various trees shade the grass of Pershing Square at center as a flag pole stands above it. The Paramount Building stands with its label printed beneath a water tower stands on the left with a larger building behind it. State Life of Indiana stands at the beginning of a long line of buildings behind Pershing Square while more giant buildings including the Knickerbocker Building stand across the street on the right side of the park.
Asset Metadata
Title
View of Pershing Square from the Pershing Square Building, showing a street on the left, 1930
Subject
Biltmore Hotel
(subject),
buildings
(adlf),
Hotels, taverns, etc.
(lcsh),
Parks
(lcsh),
Pershing Square Building
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
5th Street and Olive Street
(roadway),
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1930
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm.
(aacr2),
photographs
(aat),
transparencies
(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
1930
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m23679
Identifier
48141 (
accession number
), CHS-48141 (
call number
), CHS-48141 (
filename
), chs-m825 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-22020 (
legacy record id
), chs-m23679 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
22020
Unique identifier
UC127373
Legacy Identifier
CHS-48141.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
27.8 in × 20.1 in at 300dpi
70.7 cm × 51.0 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
Linked assets
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
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