California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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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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".

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Title Birdseye view of Ocean Avenue in Long Beach, looking east, 1930

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 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)

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-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

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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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