California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Housing exhibition in the basement of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce building, January 1938

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Housing exhibition in the basement of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce building, January 1938

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Photograph of a housing exhibition in the basement of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce building, January 1938. A booth can be seen in the foreground at left. A bamboo wall forms the back of the booth, and a nude mannequin is visible at left. Fake flowers and trees decorate the booth. Several lighting fixtures can be seen on display at another booth at right. Lamps and sprinklers can be seen hanging from the ceiling overheald. Several large rectangular pillars are visible in the background.; Legible signs include, from left: "Equipment", "Display Creations in the modern manner by Grossman and Silvers Inc, Los Angeles", and "Intern[ational]".

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Title Housing exhibition in the basement of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce building, January 1938

Subject buildings (adlf), Display boards (lcsh), Exhibit booths (lcsh), Exhibitions (lcsh), Grossman and Silvers, Inc. (subject), Interior lighting (lcsh), Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce (naf), Mannequins (Forms) (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1938-01

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)

Date Created 1938-01

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-m30014

Identifier 36835 (accession number), CHS-36835 (call number), CHS-36835 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25132 (legacy record id), chs-m30014 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25132

Unique identifier UC131098

Legacy Identifier CHS-36835.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 23.6 in × 16.7 in at 300dpi
59.9 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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