California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Exterior view of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce building, [s.d.]

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Exterior view of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce building, [s.d.]

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Photograph of an exterior view of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce building, [s.d.]. Two paved roads intersect in the foreground at right.The large brick building can be seen on a streetcorner at center. It is seven stories high and has Romanesque columns on the facade at right. A fire escape can be seen on the side of the building at left. Automobiles are parked near the curb around the building. A fire hydrant is visible in the foreground at left. A sign on the roof of the Chamber of Commerce building reads: "Western States Life Pro[...]".

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Title Exterior view of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce building, [s.d.]

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Boards of trade (lcsh), buildings (adlf), Hydrants (lcsh), Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce (naf), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Type images

Format 1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 18 x 13 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-m30188

Identifier 37266 (accession number), CHS-37266 (call number), CHS-37266 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-24078 (legacy record id), chs-m30188 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 24078

Unique identifier UC131485

Legacy Identifier CHS-37266.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.1 in × 21.5 in at 300dpi
43.6 cm × 54.8 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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