Oakland's Lake Merritt boat racing, with Hotel Oakland in the background, ca.1920

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Photograph of boat racing on Oakland's Lake Merritt, with Hotel Oakland in the background, ca.1920. Seven people speed small boats around a curve of the race in the lake at center. People crown the water's edge on the bank behind them. Dark trees shade a small park which separates the lake from the large Hotel Oakland and the Polytechnic College in the background.

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Title Oakland's Lake Merritt boat racing, with Hotel Oakland in the background, ca.1920

Subject Alameda County -- Oakland -- Lake Merritt (file heading), Boats and boating (lcsh), Hotel Oakland (subject), Lakes (lcsh), Lakes (adlf), Racing (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Alameda (counties), California (states), Oakland (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1920

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (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 1920

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m6880

Identifier 45078 (accession number), CHS-45078 (call number), CHS-45078 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-6937 (legacy record id), chs-m6880 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-6995 (legacy record id), 84-1-444 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 6937

Unique identifier UC121716

Legacy Identifier CHS-45078.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 21.0 in × 16.4 in at 300dpi
53.4 cm × 41.7 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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