California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Pacific Palisades, looking north from the Santa Monica Palisades, February 26, 1931

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Pacific Palisades, looking north from the Santa Monica Palisades, February 26, 1931

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Photograph of the Pacific Palisades, looking north from the Santa Monica Palisades, February 26, 1931. Pacific Coast Highway runs from the foreground at left to the background at right. A wide sandy beach parallels the road at left, and waves can be seen crashing on the shore. Several automobiles are parked on the left side of the road or can be seen driving on it. Cliffs are visible along the side of the road in the background at right. Buildings are visible in the foreground at right. A lighthouse can be seen in the background at right. Large mountains are visible in the distance.

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Title Pacific Palisades, looking north from the Santa Monica Palisades, February 26, 1931

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1931-02-26

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Bathing beaches (lcsh), buildings (lcsh), Lighthouses (lcsh), Mountains (lcsh), Pacific Ocean (lcsh), roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), Pacific Coast Highway (roadway), Santa Monica (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1931-02-26

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)

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-m30070

Identifier 36875 (accession number), CHS-36875 (call number), CHS-36875 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25197 (legacy record id), chs-m30070 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25197

Unique identifier UC131111

Legacy Identifier CHS-36875.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 23.2 in × 16.7 in at 300dpi
59.1 cm × 42.4 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

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