California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

View of Figueroa Street, looking north from Adams, showing automobile traffic, [s.d.]

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View of Figueroa Street, looking north from Adams, showing automobile traffic, [s.d.]

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Photograph of a view of Figueroa Street, looking north from Adams, showing automobile traffic, [s.d.]. Many automobiles travel along the paved lanes of Figueroa Street that run from the foreground of the image to the center background. A large traffic signal sits at center. Trees and buildings are visible along both sides of the street.

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Title View of Figueroa Street, looking north from Adams, showing automobile traffic, [s.d.]

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Subject roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh), Traffic signs and signals (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Adams Boulevard (roadway), California (states), Figueroa Street (roadway), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

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-m20638

Identifier 31251 (accession number), CHS-31251 (call number), CHS-31251 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-24587 (legacy record id), chs-m20638 (legacy record id), 1-3-62 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 24587

Unique identifier UC130538

Legacy Identifier CHS-31251.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.8 in × 15.8 in at 300dpi
50.5 cm × 40.3 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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