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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
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Parked railway cars at the Southern Pacific Railroad yard at Sixth Street and Central Avenue, 1926
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Parked railway cars at the Southern Pacific Railroad yard at Sixth Street and Central Avenue, 1926
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Description
Photograph of parked railway cars at the Southern Pacific Railroad yard at Sixth Street and Central Avenue, 1926. At center, an open lot is visible, striated with railway tracks. In the foreground, approximately seven cars are disconnected and stand alone, although terminals appear in the background at left, just in front of several buildings. Tree foliage extends in to the left foreground.
Asset Metadata
Title
Parked railway cars at the Southern Pacific Railroad yard at Sixth Street and Central Avenue, 1926
Subject
railroad features
(adlf),
Railroads
(lcsh),
Railroads -- Yards
(lcsh),
Southern Pacific Railroad
(corporate name),
Transportation -- Railroads -- Southern California -- Southern Pacific -- Passengers
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
6th Street and Central Avenue
(roadway),
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1926-08-01
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection),
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
(subcollection)
Date Created
1926-08-01
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12371
Identifier
37049 (
accession number
), CHS-37049 (
call number
), CHS-37049 (
filename
), chs-m825 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-11781 (
legacy record id
), chs-m12371 (
legacy record id
), USC-2-1-1-12526 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
11781
Unique identifier
UC130640
Legacy Identifier
CHS-37049.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
18.8 in × 13.1 in at 300dpi
47.8 cm × 33.2 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
Description
The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.
Date Created
1860/1960
Linked assets
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
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