California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

View of Highland Avenue looking north from a point 150 feet south of Sunset Boulevard, before widening and paving, January 31, 1935

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View of Highland Avenue looking north from a point 150 feet south of Sunset Boulevard, before widening and paving, January 31, 1935

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Photograph of a view of Highland Avenue looking north from a point 150 feet south of Sunset Boulevard, before widening and paving, January 31, 1935. Automobiles can be seen traveling to and fro on a paved road that runs from the foreground into the center background. Two sets of street car tracks can be seen int he road, while buildings and utility poles line the road. A gas station can be seen at right, while palm trees line the left side of the road towards the background. A tall tower with a conical top can be seen in the background, while hills are visible in the distance. Compares to USC-0-1-1-3433, which shows the street after widening and paving.

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Title View of Highland Avenue looking north from a point 150 feet south of Sunset Boulevard, before widening and paving, January 31, 1935

Subject Los Angeles -- Hollywood -- Streets (file heading), roadways (adlf), Streets -- Maintenance and repair (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1935-01-31

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 1935-01-31

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-m3360

Identifier 44382 (accession number), CHS-44382 (call number), CHS-44382 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-4316 (legacy record id), chs-m3360 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-3432 (legacy record id), 1-31-298 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 4316

Unique identifier UC118870

Legacy Identifier CHS-44382.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.3 in × 14.3 in at 300dpi
49.2 cm × 36.3 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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