California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Union Avenue and Venice Boulevard looking northeast during rain, April 1935

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Union Avenue and Venice Boulevard looking northeast during rain, April 1935

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Photograph of Union Avenue and Venice Boulevard looking northeast during rain, April 1935. A newly-installed storm drain is shown at center during a heavy rain. To the left of the drain, a wide sidewalk can be seen lined with lampposts and signs. George B. Zins Service Station is on the corner. To the far right, the slick, paved road can be seen extending far into the background. In the background at right, an automobile can be seen driving on the road with several more parked along the curb.

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Title Union Avenue and Venice Boulevard looking northeast during rain, April 1935

Subject Automobiles -- Maintenance and repair (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Union Avenue (file heading), Rain and rainfall (lcsh), roadways (adlf), Storm sewers (lcsh), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1935-04-27

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 1935-04-27

Creator Los Angeles Board of Public Works (photographer)

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-m349

Identifier 42189 (accession number), CHS-42189 (call number), CHS-42189 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3940 (legacy record id), chs-m349 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-347 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3940

Unique identifier UC117920

Legacy Identifier CHS-42189.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.9 in × 13.4 in at 300dpi
48.2 cm × 34.1 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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