California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Aerial view of the Beverly Hills Racetrack and the surrounding area, 1922

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Aerial view of the Beverly Hills Racetrack and the surrounding area, 1922

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Photograph of an aerial view of the Beverly Hills Racetrack and the surrounding area, 1922. The elliptical Beverly Hills Racetrack sits in the lower right corner of the image, surrounded by open land on all sides. Roads divide the remainder of the image into polygonal parcels of land, including a residential development in the lower left corner and a densely developed area at the horizon. A row of trees crosses the left of the image horizontally at center.

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Title Aerial view of the Beverly Hills Racetrack and the surrounding area, 1922

Creator Spence Air Photos (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1922

Subject Los Angeles County -- Beverly Hills -- General (file heading), Racetracks (Automobile racing) (lcsh), sports facilities (adlf), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1922

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegatives, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm., 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

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

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-m5392

Identifier 31284 (accession number), CHS-31284 (call number), CHS-31284.1 (call number), CHS-31284 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25917 (legacy record id), chs-m5392 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-5505 (legacy record id), USC (project), 11986A (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25917

Unique identifier UC129071

Legacy Identifier CHS-31284.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.9 in × 9.9 in at 300dpi
35.4 cm × 25.3 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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