California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

View of the construction of the parking garage at Pershing Square in Los Angeles, 1951

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View of the construction of the parking garage at Pershing Square in Los Angeles, 1951

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Photograph of a view of the construction of the parking garage at Pershing Square in Los Angeles, 1951. At center is a deep pit full of lumber, steam shovels, trucks, and men. A wooden structures is being built in the foreground at left. At right, a long strip of concrete is being poured. In the foreground on the edge of the pit is a sign that reads : "City Pak Garage Park at the Park in '52". Several large buildings and many automobiles can be seen around the edge of the construction area.

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Title View of the construction of the parking garage at Pershing Square in Los Angeles, 1951

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 5th Street and Olive Street (roadway), 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)

Date Created 1951

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-m3678

Identifier 32447 (accession number), CHS-32447 (call number), CHS-32447 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-4612 (legacy record id), chs-m3678 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-3754 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 4612

Unique identifier UC119145

Legacy Identifier CHS-32447.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.1 in × 15.9 in at 300dpi
51.1 cm × 40.5 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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