California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Crowded parking lot at Pasadena Junior College, March 1, 1938

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Crowded parking lot at Pasadena Junior College, March 1, 1938

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Photograph of the crowded parking lot at Pasadena Junior College, March 1, 1938. The parking lot is in the foreground and is full of large automobiles. Several rectangular buildings with flat roofs can be seen at right. Taller buildings are visible in the background at left and center. At right, a tall pine tree is visible. A deep rut can be seen in the unpaved parking lot at left. A line of tall mountains runs across the image in the background.

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Title Crowded parking lot at Pasadena Junior College, March 1, 1938

Subject Automobile parking (lcsh), Automobiles (lcsh), Community colleges (lcsh), educational facilities (adlf), Los Angeles County -- Pasadena -- Schools (file heading), Pasadena Community College (subject), Pasadena Junior College (subject), Schools (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Colorado Street & Hill Street (roadway), Los Angeles (counties), Pasadena (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1938-03-01

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 1938-03-01

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-m6164

Identifier 35078 (accession number), CHS-35078 (call number), CHS-35078 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-6259 (legacy record id), chs-m6164 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-6272 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 6259

Unique identifier UC128043

Legacy Identifier CHS-35078.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.4 in × 12.9 in at 300dpi
46.8 cm × 32.8 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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