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Drawing from a postcard depicting the Brown Derby Restaurant in Hollywood, [s.d.]
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Drawing from a postcard depicting the Brown Derby Restaurant in Hollywood, [s.d.]
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Description
Photograph of a drawing from a postcard depicting the Brown Derby Restaurant in Hollywood, [s.d.]. The famous restaurant is at center and is housed in a light-colored, two story building. Several automobiles are parked on the street in front of the building, and a small number of pedestrians is visible. A sign on top of the building at right bears the name of the restaurant and is shaped like a derby hat.; Picture file card reads: "The rendezvous of the stars, the Brown Derby, Hollywood, California. The famed Brown Derby on Vine Street, Hollywood, with its adjacent distinctive Bamboo Room, is the acknowledged center of the smart social life of the movie colony" -- Western Publishing and Novelty Co., Los Angeles.
Asset Metadata
Title
Drawing from a postcard depicting the Brown Derby Restaurant in Hollywood, [s.d.]
Subject
buildings
(adlf),
Los Angeles -- Hollywood -- Architecture -- Commercial
(file heading),
Restaurants, lunch rooms, etc.
(lcsh),
The Brown Derby Restaurant
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Hollywood
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries),
Vine Street
(roadway)
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
(aacr2),
art
(aat),
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.
Access Conditions
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m20917
Identifier
31318 (
accession number
), CHS-31318 (
call number
), CHS-31318 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-24999 (
legacy record id
), chs-m20917 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
24999
Unique identifier
UC131011
Legacy Identifier
CHS-31318.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
19.4 in × 15.5 in at 300dpi
49.3 cm × 39.5 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
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
Linked assets
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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