California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

View of Wilshire Boulevard from Ardmore Avenue, March 1956

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View of Wilshire Boulevard from Ardmore Avenue, March 1956

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Photograph of a view of Wilshire Boulevard from Ardmore Avenue, March, 1956. Wilshire is a wide, paved street that runs from the distance at left into the foreground at right. Several automobiles can be seen parked along the cement curbs. Wide concrete sidewalks line the street, and a small number of pedestrians is visible. Most of the buildings along the road are low structures, but there is a large building with a massive dome at center, while two skyscrapers can be seen in the background at left. Several palm trees are visible.; Legible signs include, from left to right: "Ardmore Ave 600 S", "Jean Leonard", "Mary Kitchen", "Liquor", "Coca Cola", "Arden Old Fashioned Buttermilk in the Churn Carton", "Kingsley Dr.", "Copease Copies Everything", "Copease Corporation", "3563", and "No Stopping 7 to 9 AM 4 to 6 PM 1 Hour Parking 9 AM to 4 PM".

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Title View of Wilshire Boulevard from Ardmore Avenue, March 1956

Subject Los Angeles -- Streets -- Wilshire (file heading), roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1956-03

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, 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)

Date Created 1956-03

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-m20864

Identifier 33458 (accession number), CHS-33458 (call number), CHS-33458 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-24931 (legacy record id), chs-m20864 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 24931

Unique identifier UC131042

Legacy Identifier CHS-33458.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.8 in × 13.3 in at 300dpi
42.7 cm × 33.9 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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