California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

View of the Arroyo Seco Park and Channel looking northeast after the construction of the Pasadena Freeway, ca.1941

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View of the Arroyo Seco Park and Channel looking northeast after the construction of the Pasadena Freeway, ca.1941

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Photograph of a view of the Arroyo Seco Park and Channel looking northeast after the construction of the Pasadena Freeway, ca.1941. The four-lane freeway is at right and is divided by a dirt median. Three automobiles can be seen traveling on the road. The Arroyo Seco Channel is at left and runs parallel to the freeway. A tractor is visible in the dirt near the edge of the channel at left. Several tall, thin trees can be seen around the road, and the Marmion Way/Avenue 64 Bridge appears in background. A tall hill can be seen in the distance at center. Compares to CHS-14548, showing the pre-construction view.

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Title View of the Arroyo Seco Park and Channel looking northeast after the construction of the Pasadena Freeway, ca.1941

Subject Bridges (adlf), Bridges (lcsh), Express highways (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Highland Park -- Arroyo Seco (file heading), Parks (lcsh), rivers (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Arroyo Seco Channel and Pasadena Freeway s/o York Blvd. (roadway), California (states), Garvanza (city or populated place), Highland Park (city or populated place), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1941

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 1941

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-m2048

Identifier 14551 (accession number), CHS-14551 (call number), CHS-14551 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2987 (legacy record id), chs-m2048 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-2108 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2987

Unique identifier UC117025

Legacy Identifier CHS-14551.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.9 in × 16.1 in at 300dpi
50.6 cm × 41.0 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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