California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

View of Hollywood Boulevard decorated as "Santa Claus Lane" at night, 1936

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View of Hollywood Boulevard decorated as "Santa Claus Lane" at night, 1936

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Photograph of a view of Hollywood Boulevard decorated as "Santa Claus Lane" at night, 1936. The boulevard is pictured at center, streetcar tracks running at its middle, and automobiles parked along the curbs at left and right. Along the sidewalk, the street lamps are decorated with lights shaped like pine trees, topped by stars. Along the streetcar cables above, circular lights are hung. In the background, the Hotel Christie and the Hotel Roosevelt can be seen.

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Title View of Hollywood Boulevard decorated as "Santa Claus Lane" at night, 1936

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

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)

Temporal Subject 1936-12

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 1936-12

Creator Sawyer Scenic Photos (photographer)

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-m3400

Identifier 41661 (accession number), CHS-41661 (call number), CHS-41661 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-4354 (legacy record id), chs-m3400 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-3472 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 4354

Unique identifier UC118657

Legacy Identifier CHS-41661.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 22.0 in × 14.4 in at 300dpi
55.9 cm × 36.8 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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