California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

View of Arroyo Seco Park and Channel looking northeast, prior to the construction of the Pasadena Freeway, ca.1940

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View of Arroyo Seco Park and Channel looking northeast, prior to the construction of the Pasadena Freeway, ca.1940

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Photograph of a view of Arroyo Seco Park and Channel looking northeast, prior to the construction of the Pasadena Freeway, ca.1940. The wide, shallow channel can be seen in the distance at left. A dirt road runs parallel to the channel and forks out into two roads in the foreground. Several tall, thin trees can be seen around the channel, and large mountains can be seen in the distance. Two automobiles are parked near the remains of the Pacific Electric Bridge in the foreground at center. Compares to CHS-14551, showing the bridge after construction.; Legible signs include, from left to right, "PWA Federal Works Agency Public Works Administration", and "Danger bridge under construction".

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Title View of Arroyo Seco Park and Channel looking northeast, prior to the construction of the Pasadena Freeway, ca.1940

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Arroyo Seco Channel looking south from 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 1940

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 1940

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-m2045

Identifier 14548 (accession number), CHS-14548 (call number), CHS-14548 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2984 (legacy record id), chs-m2045 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-2105 (legacy record id), 1-30- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2984

Unique identifier UC117020

Legacy Identifier CHS-14548.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.9 in × 16.3 in at 300dpi
50.6 cm × 41.4 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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