California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Exterior view of the Film City Ornamental Iron Works on Sunset Boulevard, ca.1930-1960

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Exterior view of the Film City Ornamental Iron Works on Sunset Boulevard, ca.1930-1960

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Photograph of an exterior view of the Film City Ornamental Iron Works on Sunset Boulevard, ca.1930-1960. The one-story iron works can be seen at left. It is a light-colored building with a flat roof. An open doorway can be seen on the right side of the structure, near a large rectangular window. A large garage-door opening can be seen at left. On a street corner at right is a smaller building that houses a hand wrought iron merchant. A paved road can be seen in the foreground, and an early automobile can be seen at right. In the background, a line of tall trees is visible in front of the Hollywood Hills.

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Title Exterior view of the Film City Ornamental Iron Works on Sunset Boulevard, ca.1930-1960

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), buildings (adlf), Ironwork (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Sunset Boulevard (file heading), Stores, Retail (lcsh), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 8853 Sunset Boulevard (roadway), California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1930/1960

Type images

Format 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 13 x 17 cm. (aacr2), photographs (aat), transparencies (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1930/1960

Contributor Regional Planning Commision (donor)

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-m313

Identifier 35142 (accession number), CHS-35142 (call number), CHS-35142 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3905 (legacy record id), chs-m313 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-311 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3905

Unique identifier UC117994

Legacy Identifier CHS-35142.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.0 in × 12.7 in at 300dpi
45.8 cm × 32.3 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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