California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Cahuenga Pass with light traffic, Los Angeles, February 16, 1943

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Cahuenga Pass with light traffic, Los Angeles, February 16, 1943

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Photograph of Cahuenga Pass with light traffic, Los Angeles, February 16, 1943. Automobiles can be seen from above and behind on a four-lane paved road traveling towards the background. The road curves towards to the left in the background. More lanes of traffic can be seen parallel to the first roadway, although the automobiles are traveling towards the bottom left. Railroad tracks are visible between the two roads. Utility poles line the streets, while hills can be seen in the background next to the roads.

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Title Cahuenga Pass with light traffic, Los Angeles, February 16, 1943

Subject Express highways (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Hollywood -- Streets -- Cahuenga Boulevard and Pass (file heading), Roads (lcsh), roadways (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1943-02-16

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)

Date Created 1943-02-16

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-m3364

Identifier 41655 (accession number), CHS-41655 (call number), CHS-41655 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-4320 (legacy record id), chs-m3364 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-3436 (legacy record id), 86-4-23 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 4320

Unique identifier UC119027

Legacy Identifier CHS-41655.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.2 in × 12.9 in at 300dpi
43.8 cm × 32.9 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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