California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Devil's Gate in Arroyo Seco, Pasadena, looking south, ca.1920

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Devil's Gate in Arroyo Seco, Pasadena, looking south, ca.1920

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Photograph of Devil's Gate in Arroyo Seco, Pasadena, looking south, ca.1920. In the foreground at right, a rocky slope is visible with a single tree growing along the slope. To the far left, anotehr rocky mountain can be seen. At the base of htis mountain, a long pipe can be seen extending into the background. Groups of trees can be seen in the background.

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Title Devil's Gate in Arroyo Seco, Pasadena, looking south, ca.1920

Subject Pasadena -- General (file heading), rivers (lcsh), Rocks (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1920

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 10 x 15 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

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

Date Created 1920

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-m6029

Identifier 32646 (accession number), CHS-32646 (call number), CHS-32646 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-6129 (legacy record id), chs-m6029 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-6137 (legacy record id), 1-37-333 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 6129

Unique identifier UC128177

Legacy Identifier CHS-32646.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 6.1 in × 3.9 in at 300dpi
15.5 cm × 10.0 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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