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North Figueroa, showing automobiles in the background, November 1942
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North Figueroa, showing automobiles in the background, November 1942

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Photograph of North Figueroa, showing automobiles in the background, November 1942. At center, the wide, paved road can be seen extending into the extreme background. Several parallel lines can be seen running along the center of the road. To the right, an automobile can be seen parked against the curb. To the far left, a line of buildings are visible. In the extreme background, lines of palm trees can be seen on both sides of the street. Previous version of record reads: "5237 N. Figueroa Street, Mugleston. Gift: Foster & Kleiser 11/78". 
Asset Metadata
Title North Figueroa, showing automobiles in the background, November 1942 
Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital) 
Date Created 1942-11-12 
Subject Los Angeles -- Streets -- Figueroa  (file heading), roadways  (adlf), Streets  (lcsh) 
Tags OAI-PMH Harvest 
Place 5237 Figueroa Street (roadway), California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries) 
Temporal Subject 1942-11-12 
Type images
Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat) 
Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection) 
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-m235 
Identifier 42108 (accession number), CHS-42108 (call number), CHS-42108 (filename), isla id: S-4693 (identifying number), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2881 (legacy record id), chs-m235 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-235 (legacy record id), USC (project) 
IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID] 
DM Record ID 2881 
Unique identifier UC117259 
Legacy Identifier CHS-42108.tiff 
Type Image 
Internet Media Type image/tiff
Resolution 17.9 in × 10.3 in at 300dpi
45.6 cm × 26.3 cm at 300dpi 
Inherited Values
Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960 
Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans. 
Date Created 1860/1960 
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