California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Olympic Boulevard east of Crenshaw Boulevard after construction, August 10, 1937

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Olympic Boulevard east of Crenshaw Boulevard after construction, August 10, 1937

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Photograph of Olympic Boulevard looking east from a point two hundred feet west of Crenshaw Boulevard after street construction, August 10, 1937. The wide street curves from the right foreground to the left where it straightens and continues to the right distance. Automobiles are parked along either side while several drive down the road. Electrical poles stand over either sidewalk. A gas station can be seen on the right while a cleaning company and a novelty windmill stand on the left.

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Title Olympic Boulevard east of Crenshaw Boulevard after construction, August 10, 1937

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Building (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Olympic Boulevard (file heading), roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Olympic Boulevard & Crenshaw Boulevard (roadway), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1937-08-10

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Relation References See also similar image which shows the same scene before construction, record id USC-0-1-1-691 (references)

Date Created 1937-08-10

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-m689

Identifier 42147 (accession number), CHS-42147 (call number), CHS-42147 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-6091 (legacy record id), chs-m689 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-690 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 6091

Unique identifier UC128032

Legacy Identifier CHS-42147.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.4 in × 13.2 in at 300dpi
46.9 cm × 33.5 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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