Birdseye view of Pier Avenue in Ocean Park showing many horse-drawn vehicles, September, 1904

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Title Birdseye view of Pier Avenue in Ocean Park showing many horse-drawn vehicles, September, 1904

Description Photograph of a birdseye view of Pier Avenue in Ocean Park showing many horse-drawn vehicles, September, 1904. The unpaved street is at center is being traveled by several carriages as well as pedestrians and bicyclists. Large buildings, most of which are at least two stories high, line both sides of the street. A wooden building at right has a large balcony, while a brick building at left has three stories. Sand bags are piled up near the street at left.; Legible signs include, from left to right, "Pier Restaurant", "Wave Furnished Rooms", and "The Big Pier Store".

Contributor Deland Collection (provenance)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1904-09

Subject Carriages and carts (lcsh), roadways (adlf), Santa Monica (LA) -- Streets (file heading), Stores, Retail (lcsh), Streets (lcsh)

Tags oai:digitallibrary.usc.edu:chs,OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), Ocean Park (city or populated place), Pier Avenue (roadways), Santa Monica (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1904-09

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5257

Identifier 33210 (accession number), CHS-33210 (call number), CHS-33210 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25797 (legacy record id), chs-m5257 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-5367 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25797

Unique identifier UC128915

Legacy Identifier CHS-33210.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.5 in × 15.8 in at 300dpi
49.6 cm × 40.1 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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