Moon alphabet, ca.1932

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Photograph of the Moon alphabet, ca.1932. Accompanied by letters of the English alphabet, the "letters" of the Moon alphabet line a chart, with the English letters alternating rows with the Moon letters. On the last line, several short words are inscribed along with the letters, giving the Moon characters for words like "and", "the", and "ing."

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Title Moon alphabet, ca.1932

Subject Alphabets (lcsh), Blind (lcsh), Blind -- Books and reading (lcsh), Blind -- Printing and writing systems (lcsh), Braille Institute of America, Incorporated (subject), Industry -- Printing and printing presses -- Braille (file heading), Universal Braille Press (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1932

Type images, physical objects

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), manuscripts (aat), 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 1932

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-m12511

Identifier 41165 (accession number), CHS-41165 (call number), CHS-41165 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11703 (legacy record id), chs-m12511 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-12666 (legacy record id), 84-1-1814 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11703

Unique identifier UC131515

Legacy Identifier CHS-41165.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.6 in × 21.0 in at 300dpi
42.2 cm × 53.4 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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