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View of the construction of City Garage in Pershing Square, Los Angeles, 1951
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View of the construction of City Garage in Pershing Square, Los Angeles, 1951
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Description
Photograph of a view of the construction of City Garage in Pershing Square, Los Angeles, 1951. A deep pit has been dug in the foreground, and several men can be seen at work at the bottom At left, two large cylindrical structures are being built, while in the background at right, a large wooden platform has been constructed. A truck can be seen in the foreground at center, and several piles of lumber are visible. Tall buildings surround the construction site, including a light-colored Union Pacific building at center.
Asset Metadata
Title
View of the construction of City Garage in Pershing Square, Los Angeles, 1951
Subject
Building
(lcsh),
Los Angeles -- Parks -- Pershing Square -- Construction -- Garage -- 1951
(file heading),
Parking garages
(lcsh),
Parks
(adlf),
Parks
(lcsh),
Pershing Square
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
5th Street and Olive Street
(roadway),
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1951
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
(aacr2),
negatives (photographic)
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection)
Date Created
1951
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-m3680
Identifier
32455 (
accession number
), CHS-32455 (
call number
), CHS-32455 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-4614 (
legacy record id
), chs-m3680 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-3756 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
4614
Unique identifier
UC119126
Legacy Identifier
CHS-32455.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
20.1 in × 16.0 in at 300dpi
51.2 cm × 40.8 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
Linked assets
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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