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Exterior view the old Federal Building and Post Office on the corner of Temple Street and Main Street, ca.1920
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Exterior view the old Federal Building and Post Office on the corner of Temple Street and Main Street, ca.1920

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Photograph of an exterior view the old Federal Building and Post Office on the corner of Temple Street and Main Street, ca.1920. The five-story Romanesque building is at center and stands on the corner of the intersection of the two streets. Many pedestrians can be seen walking near the base of the structure, while several early automobiles are parked at right. Three streetcars can be seen in the foreground at center. 
Asset Metadata
Title Exterior view the old Federal Building and Post Office on the corner of Temple Street and Main Street, ca.1920 
Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital) 
Date Created 1920 
Subject buildings  (adlf), Federal Building  (subject), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Public Buildings -- Federal buildings  (file heading), Post Office  (subject), Public buildings  (lcsh) 
Tags OAI-PMH Harvest 
Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Temple Street & Main Street (roadway), USA (countries) 
Temporal Subject 1920 
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) 
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-m1877 
Identifier 31328 (accession number), CHS-31328 (call number), CHS-31328 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2729 (legacy record id), chs-m1877 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-1929 (legacy record id), 1-6-163 (microfiche number), USC (project) 
IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID] 
DM Record ID 2729 
Unique identifier UC116790 
Legacy Identifier CHS-31328.tiff 
Type Image 
Internet Media Type image/tiff
Resolution 19.5 in × 15.3 in at 300dpi
49.5 cm × 39.0 cm at 300dpi 
Inherited Values
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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