San Pedro Municipal Building, looking north-east, 1928

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Photograph of an exterior view looking north-east at the San Pedro Municipal Building, locally-known as "City Hall", 1928. The large building stands six stories tall at center with hundreds of rectangular and arched windows. Several lamp posts stand on the sidewalks which line the perimeter of the building. Several automobiles sit parked against the sidewalks. Within the building are Works Progress Administration paintings. The building is now on the list of historical monuments.

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Title San Pedro Municipal Building, looking north-east, 1928

Subject buildings (adlf), buildings (lcsh), City halls (lcsh), City of San Pedro (subject), Los Angeles -- San Pedro and Wilmington -- Architecture -- General (file heading), Los Angeles -- San Pedro and Wilmington -- LA Harbor -- General (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), San Pedro (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1928

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photoprints, b&w ; 26 x 21 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 1928

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m1010

Identifier 44527 (accession number), CHS-44527 (call number), CHS-44527 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-1899 (legacy record id), chs-m1010 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-1042 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 1899

Unique identifier UC117309

Legacy Identifier CHS-44527.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.5 in × 20.6 in at 300dpi
42.0 cm × 52.4 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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