California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Birdseye view of the old Los Angeles Hall of Records, looking south along Broadway, October 1, 1972

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Birdseye view of the old Los Angeles Hall of Records, looking south along Broadway, October 1, 1972

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Photograph of a birdseye view of the old Los Angeles Hall of Records, looking south along Broadway, October 1, 1972. The Hall of Records is in the foreground at left. It is an old Gothic building with rows of rectangular windows and small columns on its walls. A dark, pointed roof can be seen on top of the tower. Broadway can be seen at right and is bustling with automotive traffic. In the background, several large buildings can be seen, including two skyscrapers in the distance at right.

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Title Birdseye view of the old Los Angeles Hall of Records, looking south along Broadway, October 1, 1972

Subject buildings (adlf), Hall of Records (subject), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Public buildings -- Halls of Records (file heading), Public buildings (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1972-10-01

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, 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)

Date Created 1972-10-01

Creator Jones, Mark (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-m1887

Identifier 31361 (accession number), CHS-31361 (call number), CHS-31361 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2739 (legacy record id), chs-m1887 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-1939 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2739

Unique identifier UC116718

Legacy Identifier CHS-31361.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.6 in × 21.0 in at 300dpi
42.3 cm × 53.5 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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