California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

View of Hollywood Boulevard, looking west from Western Avenue, Los Angeles, 1951

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View of Hollywood Boulevard, looking west from Western Avenue, Los Angeles, 1951

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Photograph of a view of Hollywood Boulevard, looking west from Western Avenue, Los Angeles, 1951. Hollywood runs from the foreground to the background at center and is intersected by Western in the foreground. Many automobiles can be seen traveling down the paved road, while more can be seen parked along the curbs. A streetcar is visible in the middle of the street. Small retail buildings line the street at right, while taller buildings are visible at left.; Legible signs include, from left: "St. Francis Hotel", "Mission", "Liquor", and "Soap".

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Title View of Hollywood Boulevard, looking west from Western Avenue, Los Angeles, 1951

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1951

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 13 x 17 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

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

Date Created 1951

Contributor Foster & Kleiser (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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m3404

Identifier 32969 (accession number), CHS-32969 (call number), CHS-32969 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-4358 (legacy record id), chs-m3404 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-3476 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 4358

Unique identifier UC118845

Legacy Identifier CHS-32969.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 22.3 in × 14.0 in at 300dpi
56.7 cm × 35.6 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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