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Entrance to the Broadway Tunnel at the time of the leveling of Fort Moore Hill, from Temple Street, 1949
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Entrance to the Broadway Tunnel at the time of the leveling of Fort Moore Hill, from Temple Street, 1949
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Description
Photograph of the entrance to the Broadway Tunnel at the time of the leveling of Fort Moore Hill, from Temple Street, 1949. The semi-circular tunnel entrance is at left and is very dark. There appears to be rough water traveling through the opening. A wooden guardrail runs along the side of a curving road at right, and at utility pole can be seen at right as well.
Asset Metadata
Title
Entrance to the Broadway Tunnel at the time of the leveling of Fort Moore Hill, from Temple Street, 1949
Subject
Los Angeles -- Streets -- Broadway -- North of Temple
(file heading),
Tunnels
(adlf),
Tunnels
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
Broadway
(roadway),
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1949
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
negatives (photographic)
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection)
Date Created
1949
Creator
Heimer
(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-m18
Identifier
31288 (
accession number
), CHS-31288 (
call number
), CHS-31288 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-1709 (
legacy record id
), chs-m18 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-21 (
legacy record id
), 1-2-225 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
1709
Unique identifier
UC117358
Legacy Identifier
CHS-31288.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
16.0 in × 19.8 in at 300dpi
40.8 cm × 50.4 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
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
Linked assets
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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