California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Aerial view of the Port of Los Angeles looking up the channel, 1937

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Aerial view of the Port of Los Angeles looking up the channel, 1937

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Photograph of an aerial view of the Port of Los Angeles looking up the channel, 1937. Water branches out in three streams from left to right with the right stream extending into the distance. Oil tanks are visible on a narrow strip of land to the right of center while buildings and ships can be seen all around.

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Title Aerial view of the Port of Los Angeles looking up the channel, 1937

Subject Harbors (lcsh), Harbors (adlf), Los Angeles -- San Pedro and Wilmington -- Los Angeles Harbor -- General views -- 1930's (file heading), Petroleum industry and trade (lcsh), ships (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1937

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

Date Created 1937

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-m2450

Identifier 35815 (accession number), CHS-35815 (call number), CHS-35815 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3369 (legacy record id), chs-m2450 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-2512 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3369

Unique identifier UC120807

Legacy Identifier CHS-35815.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 14.6 in × 11.2 in at 300dpi
37.1 cm × 28.6 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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