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Three men standing outside the entrance to a commercial building in the business district of Bakersfield, [s.d.]
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Three men standing outside the entrance to a commercial building in the business district of Bakersfield, [s.d.]
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Description
Photograph of three men standing outside the entrance to a commercial building in the business district of Bakersfield, [s.d.]. The building's tall, glass-paned doors are pictured at center, the right portion of the double doors open. To the left, a tall, lanky man can be seen leaning against the display window, dressed in a suit. At center a shorter man in a suit and hat can be seen, while to the right, a third, slightly taller man is pictured in a lighter suit. A sign painted onto the display window at left reads "General Land Agents". To the right, a second sign reads "Kern Valley Durfe[...] [S]ystem. [...] Colleg[...] Agency".; Hanging signs at the far left read: "C.H. Congdon", "Civil & Irrigation" and "Engineer".
Asset Metadata
Title
Three men standing outside the entrance to a commercial building in the business district of Bakersfield, [s.d.]
Subject
buildings
(adlf),
Business enterprises
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
Bakersfield
(city or populated place),
California
(states),
Kern
(counties),
USA
(countries)
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)
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-m19966
Identifier
12968 (
accession number
), CHS-12968 (
call number
), CHS-12968 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-19783 (
legacy record id
), chs-m19966 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
19783
Unique identifier
UC121891
Legacy Identifier
CHS-12968.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
18.0 in × 12.9 in at 300dpi
45.7 cm × 32.7 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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