Bulldozer at work on the Pershing Square parking garage in Los Angeles, 1951

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Title Bulldozer at work on the Pershing Square parking garage in Los Angeles, 1951

Description Photograph of a bulldozer at work on the Pershing Square parking garage in Los Angeles, 1951. The bulldozer is at center and is moving a pile of dirt. An open-air pickup truck can be seen at right, while two large segments of pipe are visible at left. A truck with a tall crane mounted on the back is visible in the distance at center. In the background, several tall buildings can be seen.; Legible signs include, from left: "Hotel Clark", "Hotel Portsmouth", "Coldwell Banker & Company", "Eastside", "Walt's Auto Park", and "Cafeteria Boos Bros".

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1951

Subject Building (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Parks -- Pershing Square -- Construction -- Garage -- 1951 (file heading), Parking garages (lcsh), Parks (lcsh), Parks (adlf), Pershing Square (subject)

Tags oai:digitallibrary.usc.edu:chs,OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 5th and Olive (roadways), 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)

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-m3688

Identifier 32453 (accession number), CHS-32453 (call number), CHS-32453 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-4621 (legacy record id), chs-m3688 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-3764 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 4621

Unique identifier UC119139

Legacy Identifier CHS-32453.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.1 in × 16.0 in at 300dpi
51.1 cm × 40.6 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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