California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Exterior view of the California Institute of Technology's athenaeum from across the street, Pasadena, ca. 1930

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Exterior view of the California Institute of Technology's athenaeum from across the street, Pasadena, ca. 1930

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Photograph of an exterior view of the California Institute of Technology's athenaeum from across the street, Pasadena, ca. 1930. The two-story Spanish-style building can be seen in the background at center. It has light-colored walls and a terracotta tile roof. Several small chimneys protrude from the roof. At left, a colonnade extends from the building. A wide unpaved road can be seen in the foreground, while many tall trees are visible around the building.

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Title Exterior view of the California Institute of Technology's athenaeum from across the street, Pasadena, ca. 1930

Subject Architecture, Spanish colonial (lcsh), buildings (lcsh), California Institute of Technology (subject), educational facilities (adlf), Los Angeles County -- Pasadena -- Schools -- Cal Tech (file heading), Universities and colleges (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1930

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

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-m6166

Identifier 35091 (accession number), CHS-35091 (call number), CHS-35091 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-6264 (legacy record id), chs-m6166 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-6274 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 6264

Unique identifier UC128031

Legacy Identifier CHS-35091.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.5 in × 13.1 in at 300dpi
47.1 cm × 33.4 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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