California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Aerial view of Long Beach, looking northeast over the city from the ocean, December 8, 1955

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Aerial view of Long Beach, looking northeast over the city from the ocean, December 8, 1955

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Photograph of an aerial view of Long Beach, looking northeast over the city from the ocean, December 8, 1955. The shoreline can be seen in the foreground, and several structures are visible near the water, including the Municipal Theatre and the amusement pier. The city contains thousands of small buildings divided by a broad grid of roads. The buildings thin out in the background, and large agricultural fields are visible in the distance. A tall mountain range runs across the image in the background. Photoprint reads: "Aerial Photography, Pacific Air Industries, 725 E. Third Street, Hemlock 5-8326, Long Beach 12, California, reorder number 55-4105."

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Title Aerial view of Long Beach, looking northeast over the city from the ocean, December 8, 1955

Subject Beaches (adlf), Los Angeles County -- Long Beach -- General aerials and panoramas (file heading), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1955-12-08

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

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

Date Created 1955-12-08

Creator Pacific Air Industries (photographer)

Contributor Foster & Kleiser (donated 1979) (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-m5784

Identifier 32781 (accession number), CHS-32781 (call number), CHS-32781 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5800 (legacy record id), chs-m5784 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-5906 (legacy record id), 1-32- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5800

Unique identifier UC127671

Legacy Identifier CHS-32781.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.7 in × 16.5 in at 300dpi
52.7 cm × 42.0 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

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