California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Exterior view of the biological science laboratory at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, June 11, 1929

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Exterior view of the biological science laboratory at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, June 11, 1929

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Photograph of an exterior view of the biological science laboratory at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, June 11, 1929. The three-story laboratory can be seen at center. A covered corridor lined with open archways runs around the perimeter of the building on the first floor, while many rectangular windows are visible on the upper floors. The roof of the building is flat, although a dome can be seen over the corridor in the foreground at left. A line of thin pine trees can be seen at right. The branches of several tall trees are visible in the foreground.

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Title Exterior view of the biological science laboratory at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, June 11, 1929

Subject Architecture, Spanish colonial (lcsh), Biology (lcsh), buildings (lcsh), California Institute of Technology (subject), educational facilities (adlf), Laboratories (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- Pasadena -- Schools -- Cal Tech (file heading), Universities and colleges (lcsh), William G. Kerckhoff Laboratory of Biological Sciences (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1929-06-11

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 1929-06-11

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-m6170

Identifier 35083 (accession number), CHS-35083 (call number), CHS-35083 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-6268 (legacy record id), chs-m6170 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-6278 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 6268

Unique identifier UC128000

Legacy Identifier CHS-35083.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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