California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Birdseye view of the Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena, 1930-1940

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Birdseye view of the Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena, 1930-1940

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Photograph of a birdseye view of the Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena, 1930-1940. The curved bridge runs from the foreground at right to the background at left and is being traveled by many automobiles. The concrete bridge has two traffic lanes and is supported by wide arches. The Arroyo Seco can be seen below the bridge and is full of large trees. In the background at right, the large Vista Del Arroyo Hotel is visible.

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Title Birdseye view of the Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena, 1930-1940

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Bridges (adlf), Bridges (lcsh), Pasadena -- General (file heading), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), Pasadena (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1930/1940

Type images

Format 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 13 x 17 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 1930/1940

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-m6021

Identifier 35076 (accession number), CHS-35076 (call number), CHS-35076 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-6121 (legacy record id), chs-m6021 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-6129 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 6121

Unique identifier UC127999

Legacy Identifier CHS-35076.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.8 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
47.8 cm × 34.5 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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