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View of the booking room of the Los Angeles County Jail, 1940-1949
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View of the booking room of the Los Angeles County Jail, 1940-1949
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Description
Photograph of a view of the booking room of the Los Angeles County Jail, 1940-1949. A metal counter sits in the center of the image, running from the foreground to the centerground, bearing papers and other objects; an arrow-shaped sign reading "Information" hangs above it. A low bench runs along the brick wall on the left of the image, desks and chairs sit on the right side. In the right centerground, an area is enclosed by a wire mesh structure. More mesh covers the barred doors in the left background of the image, which sit next to a sign reading "Prisoners U-Gate [...hier]". An office-like space is visible in the right background, with another desk that bears a fan, a telephone, and several books. The floor of the booking room is bare concrete, while pipes and ducts are exposed in the ceiling.; Picture file card reads "Note on the original card: 'presumably on the 10th floor of the Hall of Justice'".
Asset Metadata
Title
View of the booking room of the Los Angeles County Jail, 1940-1949
Subject
correctional facilities
(adlf),
Jails
(lcsh),
Los Angeles -- Prisons
(file heading),
Los Angeles County Jail
(subject),
Prisons
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
Buena Vista and Temple Streets
(roadway),
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1940/1949
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
negatives (photographic)
(aat),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection),
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
(subcollection)
Date Created
1940/1949
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-m3916
Identifier
31096 (
accession number
), CHS-31096 (
call number
), CHS-31096 (
filename
), chs-m825 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-5355 (
legacy record id
), chs-m3916 (
legacy record id
), USC-2-1-1-4005 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
), 84-1-987 (
unidentified no.
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
5355
Unique identifier
UC119183
Legacy Identifier
CHS-31096.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
19.5 in × 15.6 in at 300dpi
49.5 cm × 39.7 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
Description
The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.
Date Created
1860/1960
Linked assets
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
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