California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

View of Vermont Avenue looking south from Anaheim Street after construction by the W.P.A., Palos Verdes, 1936

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View of Vermont Avenue looking south from Anaheim Street after construction by the W.P.A., Palos Verdes, 1936

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Photograph of a view of Vermont Avenue looking south from Anaheim Street after construction by the W.P.A., Palos Verdes, 1936. At center, a dirt road wends between two signs behind at hill at right. In the foreground, a paved road extends from left to right across the image. Corresponds to USC-0-1-1-6533, the view prior to construction.

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Title View of Vermont Avenue looking south from Anaheim Street after construction by the W.P.A., Palos Verdes, 1936

Subject Building (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- Rancho Palos Verdes -- Street (file heading), roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), Rancho Palos Verdes (city or populated place), USA (countries), Vermont Avenue & Anaheim Street (roadway)

Temporal Subject 1936-07-28

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

Date Created 1936-07-28

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-m6419

Identifier 42552 (accession number), CHS-42552 (call number), CHS-42552 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-6507 (legacy record id), chs-m6419 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-6534 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 6507

Unique identifier UC116812

Legacy Identifier CHS-42552.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.9 in × 14.0 in at 300dpi
48.1 cm × 35.7 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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