California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Road-widening construction at the junction of Sunset and Vine, 1930

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Road-widening construction at the junction of Sunset and Vine, 1930

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Photograph of road-widening construction at the junction of Sunset and Vine, 1930. At center, men are visible working in a deep trench which is supported by cross-beams. In the background, a crane is positioned at the lip of the trench. At right, automobiles can be seen traversing the section of the road left intact. A sign reads "Golf". Trees line the trench at left. Compares to USC-0-1-1-3485. Photoprint reads: "Views showing condition during construction of the 2" Warrenite-Bitulithic surface on a 6" Portland cement concrete base and the finished pavement".

Asset Metadata

Title Road-widening construction at the junction of Sunset and Vine, 1930

Subject Los Angeles -- Hollywood -- Streets -- Sunset Boulevard (file heading), Pavements (lcsh), roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Hollywood (city or populated place), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Sunset Boulevard (roadway), USA (countries), Vine Street (roadway)

Temporal Subject 1930-11-25

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 1930-11-25

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-m3411

Identifier 41662 (accession number), CHS-41662 (call number), CHS-41662 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-4364 (legacy record id), chs-m3411 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-3483 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 4364

Unique identifier UC118847

Legacy Identifier CHS-41662.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 22.0 in × 14.1 in at 300dpi
56.0 cm × 35.8 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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