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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
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Birdseye view of Ocean Avenue in Long Beach, looking east, 1930
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Birdseye view of Ocean Avenue in Long Beach, looking east, 1930
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Description
Photograph of a birdseye view of Ocean Avenue in Long Beach, looking east, 1930. Ocean Avenue runs from the foreground at left into the distance at center. It is a wide paved road divided by streetcar tracks and traveled by many automobiles. A park can be seen at left and is filled with a variety of trees and bushes. Several tall buildings can be seen in the background, and the ocean is visible in the background at right.; Legible signs include, from left to right: "Metropolitan Building", "California National Bank", "The Holder Studios Music Art Dancing", "Peking Café Chop Sue", and "Hoyt's Theatre".
Asset Metadata
Title
Birdseye view of Ocean Avenue in Long Beach, looking east, 1930
Subject
cities
(adlf),
Los Angeles County -- Long Beach -- Streets
(file heading),
Streets
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Long Beach
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5732
Identifier
35003 (
accession number
), CHS-35003 (
call number
), CHS-35003 (
filename
), chs-m825 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-5760 (
legacy record id
), chs-m5732 (
legacy record id
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
5760
Unique identifier
UC127755
Legacy Identifier
CHS-35003.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
18.9 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
48.2 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
Linked assets
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
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