California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

View of Wilshire Boulevard from MacArthur Park, ca.1949

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View of Wilshire Boulevard from MacArthur Park, ca.1949

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Photograph of a view of Wilshire Boulevard from MacArthur Park, ca.1949. The wide paved road is at center and is being traveled by several large automobiles. A fourteen-story building can be seen near the side of the road at right, while a building with a tall, narrow tower is at left. Several palm trees can be seen along the edge of the street at right, and the trunk of one of these trees can be seen in the foreground at right. Legible signs include, from left to right: "Watch Ford in '48", "Peking Curio Shop", "No Parking [?] One Hour Parking", "Zebra Room", and "Dancing".

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Title View of Wilshire Boulevard from MacArthur Park, ca.1949

Subject Lakes (lcsh), MacArthur Park (subject), Parks (lcsh), roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1949

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (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 1949

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-m20861

Identifier 33456 (accession number), CHS-33456 (call number), CHS-33456 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-24927 (legacy record id), chs-m20861 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 24927

Unique identifier UC131045

Legacy Identifier CHS-33456.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.2 in × 16.7 in at 300dpi
33.6 cm × 42.6 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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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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