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La Brea Avenue south from Twentieth Street after new pavement, ca.1920-1929
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La Brea Avenue south from Twentieth Street after new pavement, ca.1920-1929
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Description
Photograph of La Brea Avenue south from 20th Street after new pavement, ca.1920-1929. Five lanes composed of dots painted in a row can be seen across the broad paved road that runs from the foreground to the background. A few cars can be seen driving on the road at right, while sidewalks and one-story homes with grass lawns border both sides of the road. A pedestrian can be seen at left. Utility poles are visible throughout, while mountains can be seen in the distance.
Asset Metadata
Title
La Brea Avenue south from Twentieth Street after new pavement, ca.1920-1929
Subject
Los Angeles -- Streets -- La Brea Avenue
(file heading),
Pavements
(lcsh),
roadways
(adlf),
Street design #16
(subject),
Streets -- Maintenance and repair
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
La Brea Avenue
(roadway),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1920/1929
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm.
(aacr2),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection)
Relation References
See also similar image which shows a view before new pavement, record id USC-0-1-1-583
(references)
Date Created
1920/1929
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-m583
Identifier
42129 (
accession number
), CHS-42129 (
call number
), CHS-42129 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-25531 (
legacy record id
), chs-m583 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-584 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
25531
Unique identifier
UC128575
Legacy Identifier
CHS-42129.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
19.1 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
48.6 cm × 34.7 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
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
Linked assets
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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