California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Large boxes advertising Sprigg Moving and Storage Company on the side of Cahuenga Boulevard, 1936

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Large boxes advertising Sprigg Moving and Storage Company on the side of Cahuenga Boulevard, 1936

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Photograph of large boxes advertising Sprigg Moving and Storage Company on the side of Cahuenga Boulevard, 1936. The paved road runs from the foreground to the background at left. Several large boxes can be seen on the right side of the street. Trees and a low fence line the road as well. Automobiles can be seen in the background at left. Mountains are visible in the distance.

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Title Large boxes advertising Sprigg Moving and Storage Company on the side of Cahuenga Boulevard, 1936

Subject Advertising, Outdoor (lcsh), Express highways (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Hollywood -- Streets -- Cahuenga Boulevard and Pass (file heading), Roads (lcsh), roadways (adlf), Rodney Sprigg Company (subject), Storage and moving trade (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1936-09-17

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 1936-09-17

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-m3376

Identifier 41647 (accession number), CHS-41647 (call number), CHS-41647 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-4331 (legacy record id), chs-m3376 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-3448 (legacy record id), 1-31-293 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 4331

Unique identifier UC118884

Legacy Identifier CHS-41647.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.9 in × 13.9 in at 300dpi
48.0 cm × 35.4 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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