California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Birdseye view of a street in Long Beach showing a dance studio, restaurant, and theatre, ca.1925

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Birdseye view of a street in Long Beach showing a dance studio, restaurant, and theatre, ca.1925

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Photograph of a birdseye view of a street in Long Beach showing a dance studio, restaurant, and theatre, ca.1925. The street runs from the foreground at left into the distance at center. It is a wide paved road with railroad tracks in the middle. It is lined with an assortment of large buildings, including a skyscraper at right. In the foreground at left is a field lined with palm trees. Several early-model automobiles can be seen on the road.; Legible signs include, from left to right: "Metropolitan Building", "California National Bank", "Heartwell Bldg", "The Holder Studios Instructors in Music Art Dancing", "Pekin Café Chop Suey", "Hoyt's Theatre", and "Cigars Candy".

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Title Birdseye view of a street in Long Beach showing a dance studio, restaurant, and theatre, ca.1925

Subject buildings (adlf), Holder Studios (subject), Hoyt's Theater (subject), Los Angeles County -- Long Beach -- Streets (file heading), Pekin Cafe (subject), Restaurants, lunch rooms, etc. (lcsh), Streets (lcsh), Theaters (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1925

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (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 1925

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-m5922

Identifier 33305 (accession number), CHS-33305 (call number), CHS-33305 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5933 (legacy record id), chs-m5922 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-6030 (legacy record id), 84-1-1066 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5933

Unique identifier UC127797

Legacy Identifier CHS-33305.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.7 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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