California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Birdseye view of downtown Los Angeles, looking west toward Wilshire Boulevard and Beverly Hills, showing City Hall, [s.d.]

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Birdseye view of downtown Los Angeles, looking west toward Wilshire Boulevard and Beverly Hills, showing City Hall, [s.d.]

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Photograph of a birdseye view of downtown Los Angeles, looking west toward Wilshire Boulevard and Beverly Hills, showing City Hall, [s.d.]. City Hall sits in the left foreground of the image, surrounded by the other buildings of the Civic Center. The dense urban area stretches to the horizon, with visible elements including highrises and parking lots full of automobiles. Hills are visible in the distance.

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Title Birdseye view of downtown Los Angeles, looking west toward Wilshire Boulevard and Beverly Hills, showing City Hall, [s.d.]

Subject buildings (adlf), Los Angeles City Hall (subject), Public buildings (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

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)

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m20565

Identifier 31165 (accession number), CHS-31165 (call number), CHS-31165 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-24443 (legacy record id), chs-m20565 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 24443

Unique identifier UC130276

Legacy Identifier CHS-31165.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.8 in × 16.2 in at 300dpi
50.4 cm × 41.2 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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