California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Automobiles driving on the Pacific Coast Highway, [s.d.]

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Automobiles driving on the Pacific Coast Highway, [s.d.]

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Photograph of automobiles driving on the Pacific Coast Highway, [s.d.]. The two-lane highway can be seen extending from the center foreground into the background, curving with the coast at left. Automobiles can be seen parked at left next to one another, while they are parallel parked at right. Eleven cars can be seen driving on the road. A second road can be seen at right on an incline and intersects the highway at right. Tents, umbrellas, and sunbathers are visible on the beach at left, while rock formations can be seen further back on the beach. Large homes are visible on the hills at right, while mountains can be seen in the distance.

Asset Metadata

Title Automobiles driving on the Pacific Coast Highway, [s.d.]

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Pacific Coast Highway (lcsh), Pacific Ocean (lcsh), roadways (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

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-m6037

Identifier 36731 (accession number), CHS-36731 (call number), CHS-36731 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-6137 (legacy record id), chs-m6037 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 6137

Unique identifier UC128116

Legacy Identifier CHS-36731.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.5 in × 13.3 in at 300dpi
42.0 cm × 33.9 cm at 300dpi

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Title California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Description The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.

We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.

Date Created 1860/1960

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