California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

View of the Sunset Boulevard overpass on Glendale Boulevard before reconstruction, April 7, 1934

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View of the Sunset Boulevard overpass on Glendale Boulevard before reconstruction, April 7, 1934

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Photograph of a view of the Sunset Boulevard overpass on Glendale Boulevard before reconstruction, April 7, 1934. A paved road with streetcar tracks in it can be seen from the foreground into the background. An overpass can be seen at center. Two walls hold up the center of the overpass, which forms three small tunnels for automobiles to drive under. A line of four cars can be seen driving under the part of the roadway at left. A four-story brick building with stores on the ground level can be seen at right. An automobile is parked in front, while people sit on a bench. A billboard in front of a building can be seen at left reading, "[...] State Dairy Products". Other buildings are visible in the background. Compare: CHS-42113, CHS-42114. Note photograph #USC-1-1-1-242 showing the same view in 1934.

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Title View of the Sunset Boulevard overpass on Glendale Boulevard before reconstruction, April 7, 1934

Subject Bridges (lcsh), Elevated highways (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Glendale Boulevard (file heading), roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Glendale Boulevard (roadway), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Sunset Boulevard (roadway), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1934-04-07

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)

Date Created 1934-04-07

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-m244

Identifier 42113 (accession number), CHS-42113 (call number), CHS-42113 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2889 (legacy record id), chs-m244 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-243 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2889

Unique identifier UC117157

Legacy Identifier CHS-42113.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.0 in × 13.4 in at 300dpi
45.7 cm × 34.2 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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