California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

View of Venice Boulevard looking east from Lomita Street after construction of storm drain and widening of roadway, 1938

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View of Venice Boulevard looking east from Lomita Street after construction of storm drain and widening of roadway, 1938

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Photograph of a view of Venice Boulevard looking east from Lomita Street after construction of storm drain and widening of roadway, 1938. At center, a paved four-lane road extends into the distance where it bends to the right. At right, a cluster of automobiles makes its way away from the viewer. At left, the oncoming lanes are less congested. Farther right, a sidestreet extends up a hill. Compares to USC-0-1-1-354, showing a view prior to improvement.

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Title View of Venice Boulevard looking east from Lomita Street after construction of storm drain and widening of roadway, 1938

Subject Los Angeles -- Streets -- Venice Boulevard (file heading), roadways (adlf), Storm sewers (lcsh), Streets -- Maintenance and repair (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries), Venice Boulevard & Lomita Street (roadway)

Temporal Subject 1938-06-03

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1938-06-03

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-m359

Identifier 44011 (accession number), CHS-44011 (call number), CHS-44011 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3950 (legacy record id), chs-m359 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-357 (legacy record id), USC (project), 92 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3950

Unique identifier UC117922

Legacy Identifier CHS-44011.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.6 in × 13.5 in at 300dpi
47.4 cm × 34.4 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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