California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

View of Santa Monica Boulevard looking northeast from Sherman (now, West Hollywood), 1922

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View of Santa Monica Boulevard looking northeast from Sherman (now, West Hollywood), 1922

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Photograph of an aerial view of Santa Monica Boulevard looking northeast from Sherman (now, West Hollywood), 1922. The area in the foreground at right has not been developed and consists of open fields divided by large roads. There are dense buildings in the distance at right, and more buildings in the foreground at left. A tall mountain range runs behind the city in the distance. Streets in view are Sunset Boulevard, Holloway Drive, Santa Monica Boulevard, La Cienega Boulevard, Melrose Avenue.

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Title View of Santa Monica Boulevard looking northeast from Sherman (now, West Hollywood), 1922

Contributor Marc Wanamaker Bison Archives (contributor)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1922

Subject cities (adlf), Los Angeles -- General views -- Aerial (1920) (file heading), Los Angeles -- Hollywood -- General -- Aerials (file heading), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Santa Monica Boulevard (roadway), Sherman (the town of Sherman) (city or populated place), USA (countries), West Hollywood (city or populated place)

Temporal Subject 1922

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)

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-m2729

Identifier 14457 (accession number), CHS-14457 (call number), CHS-14457 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3628 (legacy record id), chs-m2729 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-2793 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-3253 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3628

Unique identifier UC120614

Legacy Identifier CHS-14457.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.8 in × 15.6 in at 300dpi
50.3 cm × 39.8 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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