Northward view of 1143 Mission Road in Los Angeles, June 17, 1938

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Photograph of a northward view of 1143 Mission Road in Los Angeles, June 17, 1938. The paved road runs from the foreground at left to the background at right. Several automobiles can be seen traveling on the street. Small buildings and billboards can be seen along the edge of the street in the background. Rows of tall utility poles are visible running parallel to the road. Small palm trees can be seen at right.; Legible signs include, from left: "Chief Cleaners Save 20% Laundry", "Richfield", and "Economy".

Asset Metadata

Title Northward view of 1143 Mission Road in Los Angeles, June 17, 1938

Subject Los Angeles -- Streets -- Mission Road (file heading), roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Mission Road (roadway), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1938-06-17

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 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)

Date Created 1938-06-17

Creator Miller (?) (photographer)

Contributor Foster and Kleiser (donor)

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-m673

Identifier 42140 (accession number), CHS-42140 (call number), CHS-42140 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-6075 (legacy record id), chs-m673 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-674 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 6075

Unique identifier UC128144

Legacy Identifier CHS-42140.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.9 in × 10.6 in at 300dpi
45.6 cm × 27.0 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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