Exterior view of an unknown commercial building, ca.1900

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Photograph of an exterior view of an unknown commercial building, ca.1900. In the foreground, a line of automobiles parked along the curb can be seen. Beyond, a five-story building is pictured, a tiled annex extending from its left face. Tree foliage hangs in from the upper edge of the image.

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Title Exterior view of an unknown commercial building, ca.1900

Subject buildings (adlf), buildings (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- General #7 (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 6th Street near Bixel Street (roadway), California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 20 x 25 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 1900

Creator Laxer, Jack (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-m1093

Identifier 44089 (accession number), CHS-44089 (call number), CHS-44089 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-1975 (legacy record id), chs-m1093 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-1129 (legacy record id), 84-1-813 (microfiche number), USC (project), 36-7-C (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 1975

Unique identifier UC117321

Legacy Identifier CHS-44089.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.3 in × 16.4 in at 300dpi
51.7 cm × 41.6 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

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