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Looking north on Hope Street from Wilshire Boulevard towards the Los Angeles Public Library, 1951
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Looking north on Hope Street from Wilshire Boulevard towards the Los Angeles Public Library, 1951
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Description
Photograph looking north on Hope Street from Wilshire Boulevard towards the Los Angeles Public Library, 1951. An automobile can be seen traveling on a street from the left foreground towards the center background. The street is lined with parked automobiles, while a man pushes a dolly at right. A parking lot can be seen at left, while buildings several stories tall can be seen towards the background. The library can be seen in the center background. Signs from left to right include, "Entrance 25", "[...] we need more Ritz", "Hotel. Safeguard Construction with Time-Tested Genuine [...] and Plaster", "National [...] Service", "Hotel", "Church Open [...]", "Visit the Biola Book Room. Reliable Religious Literature [...]", and "VA18528". Gift: Foster + Kleiser.
Asset Metadata
Title
Looking north on Hope Street from Wilshire Boulevard towards the Los Angeles Public Library, 1951
Subject
buildings
(adlf),
Libraries
(lcsh),
Los Angeles -- Streets -- Hope Street
(file heading),
Los Angeles Public Library
(subject),
Public libraries
(lcsh),
Streets
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Hope Street
(roadway),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1951
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
(aacr2),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection)
Date Created
1951
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m573
Identifier
42125 (
accession number
), CHS-42125 (
call number
), CHS-42125 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-25521 (
legacy record id
), chs-m573 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-574 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
25521
Unique identifier
UC128550
Legacy Identifier
CHS-42125.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
21.4 in × 13.4 in at 300dpi
54.5 cm × 34.1 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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