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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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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. 
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Title View of Pershing Square from the Pershing Square Building, showing a street on the left, 1930 
Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital) 
Date Created 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) 
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-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 
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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960 
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