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Aerial view of West Hollywood, looking northeast on Santa Monica Boulevard, 1931
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Aerial view of West Hollywood, looking northeast on Santa Monica Boulevard, 1931
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Description
Photograph of an aerial view of West Hollywood, looking northeast on Santa Monica Boulevard, 1931. Santa Monica runs from the foreground at left into the distance at right. There are many closely spaced buildings around the street and the urban sprawl extends into the distance at right. A large railroad yard can be seen in the foreground at center. A mountain range is in the background at left, and several roads can be seen going up the slopes. Other visible streets include La Cienega Boulevard, Melrose Avenue, Robertson Boulevard, and San Vicente Boulevard.
Asset Metadata
Title
Aerial view of West Hollywood, looking northeast on Santa Monica Boulevard, 1931
Subject
cities
(adlf),
Los Angeles -- Hollywood -- General views -- Aerials
(file heading),
Views
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
La Cienega Boulevard
(roadway),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Melrose Avenue
(roadway),
Robertson Boulevard
(roadway),
San Vincente Boulevard
(roadway),
Santa Monica Boulevard
(roadway),
USA
(countries),
West Hollywood
(city or populated place)
Temporal Subject
1931
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
aerial photographs
(aat),
negatives (photographic)
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection)
Date Created
1931
Creator
Spence
(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.
Access Conditions
Send requests to address or e-mail given
Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m3183
Identifier
14478 (
accession number
), CHS-14478 (
call number
), CHS-14478 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-4143 (
legacy record id
), chs-m3183 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-3255 (
legacy record id
), 1-23- (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
4143
Unique identifier
UC118231
Legacy Identifier
CHS-14478.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
19.8 in × 16.0 in at 300dpi
50.3 cm × 40.8 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
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
Linked assets
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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