California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Aerial view of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum looking north from Olympic Park between Vermont Avenue and Hoover Street, February 12, 1932

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Aerial view of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum looking north from Olympic Park between Vermont Avenue and Hoover Street, February 12, 1932

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Photograph of an aerial view of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum looking north from Olympic Park between Vermont Avenue and Hoover Street, February 12, 1932. Vermont runs vertically at left, while Hoover parallels it at right. The Coliseum can be seen in the foreground at left and is a large ovular stadium. The Exposition Park Rose Garden is visible at center, and the campus of the University of Southern California can be seen at right. The domed Shrine Auditorium is at right as well. Hundreds of smaller buildings are visible around these landmarks. Mountains can be seen in the distance.

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Title Aerial view of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum looking north from Olympic Park between Vermont Avenue and Hoover Street, February 12, 1932

Subject Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Public Buildings -- Sports arenas -- Coliseum (file heading), Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (subject), sports facilities (adlf), Stadiums (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Exposition Park (roadway), Hoover Street (roadway), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries), Vermont Avenue (roadway)

Temporal Subject 1932-02-19

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), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1932-02-19

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-m1917

Identifier 33261 (accession number), CHS-33261 (call number), CHS-33261 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2769 (legacy record id), chs-m1917 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-1968 (legacy record id), 84-1-1102 (microfiche number), USC (project), E-3416 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2769

Unique identifier UC116845

Legacy Identifier CHS-33261.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.6 in × 14.0 in at 300dpi
44.9 cm × 35.6 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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