Exterior view of the Port of Los Angeles United States Federal Building, ca.1932

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Photograph of an exterior view of the Port of Los Angeles United States Federal Building, ca.1932. The building is at least two stories tall and is built in the 1930's modern style. Long, thin windows can be seen on the building, as well as two American flags flying from the roof. A sign at right towards the top of the building reads, "United States Post Office and Custom House". A road is visible in the foreground with cars parked along it in front of the building. The murals within are W.P.A paintings. It is now on the list of historical monuments.

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Title Exterior view of the Port of Los Angeles United States Federal Building, ca.1932

Subject Architecture, Modern (lcsh), buildings (adlf), Customs administration -- Buildings (lcsh), Los Angeles -- San Pedro and Wilmington -- Architecture -- General (file heading), Los Angeles -- San Pedro and Wilmington -- LA Harbor -- General (file heading), Postal service -- Buildings (lcsh), United States. Customs Administration (corporate name), United States. Postal Service (corporate name)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1932

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photoprints, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), 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-m30007

Identifier 44526A (accession number), CHS-44256A (call number), CHS-44526A (call number), CHS-44526A (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25121 (legacy record id), chs-m30007 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-1023 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25121

Unique identifier UC131554

Legacy Identifier CHS-44526A.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.7 in × 16.4 in at 300dpi
52.7 cm × 41.7 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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