California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Birdseye view of Los Angeles, looking northeast over downtown, showing the junction of the Harbor and Santa Monica freeways, ca.1970 (1955?)

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Birdseye view of Los Angeles, looking northeast over downtown, showing the junction of the Harbor and Santa Monica freeways, ca.1970 (1955?)

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Photograph of a birdseye view of Los Angeles, looking northeast over downtown, showing the junction of the Harbor and Santa Monica freeways, ca.1970 (1955?). The looping junction of the Harbor and Santa Monica freeways sits at the left foreground of this birdseye view, with commercial buildings all around it. One freeway enters the frame from the lower left side, while the other enters from the lower right. Downtown is pictured at center, while hills are visible in the background. A low cloud or strip of fog crosses the image horizontally, just in front of the hills.

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Title Birdseye view of Los Angeles, looking northeast over downtown, showing the junction of the Harbor and Santa Monica freeways, ca.1970 (1955?)

Subject cities (adlf), Los Angeles -- General views -- Aerials (1960) (file heading), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1970

Type images

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

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

Date Created 1970

Creator Caldwell, James (photographer), Foster & Kleiser (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-m2720

Identifier 31009 (accession number), CHS-31009 (call number), CHS-31009 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3620 (legacy record id), chs-m2720 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-2784 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-2784 (legacy record id), 1-23- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3620

Unique identifier UC120612

Legacy Identifier CHS-31009.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.5 in × 16.0 in at 300dpi
49.7 cm × 40.7 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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