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Aerial view of the Los Angeles Union Stockyards, Vernon, California, 1940
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Aerial view of the Los Angeles Union Stockyards, Vernon, California, 1940
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Description
Photograph of an aerial view of the Los Angeles Union Stockyards in Vernon California, 1940. They were built in 1923 and closed in 1958. A large building stands at center with an elaborate, circular driveway in front of it. The driveway is lined with automobiles and decorated with tall palm trees. Behind the large building lie hundreds of identical plots spotted with small buildings. A street extends from the right foreground to the right background. A second street intersects the first in the right foreground and extends to the left foreground.
Asset Metadata
Title
Aerial view of the Los Angeles Union Stockyards, Vernon, California, 1940
Subject
Los Angeles -- Vernon
(file heading),
Los Angeles Union Stockyards
(subject),
Stockyards
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries),
Vernon
(city or populated place)
Temporal Subject
1940
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm.
(aacr2),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection)
Date Created
1940
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2588
Identifier
41268 (
accession number
), CHS-41268 (
call number
), CHS-41268 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-3501 (
legacy record id
), chs-m2588 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-2650 (
legacy record id
), 87-2-3 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
3501
Unique identifier
UC120809
Legacy Identifier
CHS-41268.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
10.4 in × 7.7 in at 300dpi
26.4 cm × 19.6 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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