California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Mayor Fletcher Bowron speaking on the steps of City Hall on Pan American Day, [s.d.]

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Los Angeles Mayor Fletcher Bowron speaking on the steps of City Hall on Pan American Day, [s.d.]

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Photograph of Los Angeles Mayor Fletcher Bowron speaking on the steps of City Hall on Pan American Day, [s.d.]. The mayor can be seen at center wearing a dark suit and standing behind three microphones. A sign on the microphones reads: "KMPC 710 KCS". He is facing to the left and reading from a sheet of paper in his right hand. Several other men and women can be seen on the edge of the stage in the background. Palm trees line the stage and City Hall can be seen in the distance. This ceremony was to dedicate Simon Bolivar Plaza.

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Title Los Angeles Mayor Fletcher Bowron speaking on the steps of City Hall on Pan American Day, [s.d.]

Subject Bowron, Fletcher, 1887-1968 (naf), buildings (adlf), Men (lcsh), Orators (lcsh), Palms (lcsh), Pan American Day (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-m20548

Identifier 36276 (accession number), CHS-36276 (call number), CHS-36276 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-24405 (legacy record id), chs-m20548 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 24405

Unique identifier UC130668

Legacy Identifier CHS-36276.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.6 in × 16.7 in at 300dpi
34.6 cm × 42.5 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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