California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Crowd watching the dedication of Simon Bolivar Plaza on the steps of City Hall on Pan American Day, [s.d.]

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Crowd watching the dedication of Simon Bolivar Plaza on the steps of City Hall on Pan American Day, [s.d.]

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Photograph of a crowd watching the dedication of Simon Bolivar Plaza on the steps of City Hall on Pan American Day, [s.d.]. Los Angeles City Hall can be seen in the background, and a stage is set up on the main steps at center. Several men and women are visible on the stage, including two women at a microphone near the front. Tall trees and plants can be seen on either side of the stage. In the foreground, a large crowd is gathered. It is mostly made up of men wearing suits and hats. A motion picture camera can be seen on a tripod on the roof of an automobile in the foreground at left.

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Title Crowd watching the dedication of Simon Bolivar Plaza on the steps of City Hall on Pan American Day, [s.d.]

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), buildings (adlf), Crowds (lcsh), Motion picture cameras (lcsh), Palms (lcsh), Pan American Day (lcsh), Women (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 ; 13 x 18 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.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m20616

Identifier 36281 (accession number), CHS-36281 (call number), CHS-36281 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-24550 (legacy record id), chs-m20616 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 24550

Unique identifier UC130673

Legacy Identifier CHS-36281.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.7 in × 13.5 in at 300dpi
42.5 cm × 34.2 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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