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View of Hill Street looking north from the corner of Third Street in Los Angeles, December 12, 1938
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View of Hill Street looking north from the corner of Third Street in Los Angeles, December 12, 1938

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Photograph of a view of Hill Street looking north from the corner of Third Street in Los Angeles, December 12, 1938. Hill Street is at right and extends into the distance at center. It is crowded with a mixture of automobiles and streetcars. The sidewalks that line the street are bustling with pedestrians. Tall buildings can be seen on both sides of the street, and most house shops of some sort. A large metal light post is visible in the foreground at center.; Legible signs include, from left to right, "Drugs", "Arrow Drug Co.", "Black Building", "Fountain Unch Club Breakfast", "Bromo Seltzer", "Seltzer Drugs", "Go", "F.P. Fay Bldg.", "11th & Hill", "Rainier Beer", and "American Auto Park". 
Asset Metadata
Title View of Hill Street looking north from the corner of Third Street in Los Angeles, December 12, 1938 
Contributor Foster and Klieser (donor) 
Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital) 
Date Created 1938-12-12 
Subject cities  (adlf), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Hill Street -- 3rd to 4th  (file heading), Retail trade  (lcsh) 
Tags OAI-PMH Harvest 
Place California (states), Hill Street (roadway), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries) 
Temporal Subject 1938-12-12 
Type images
Format 2 photographs : photonegatives, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 7 x 12 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-m290 
Identifier 14622 (accession number), CHS-14622 (call number), CHS-14622 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2931 (legacy record id), chs-m290 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-288 (legacy record id), 1-5- (microfiche number), USC (project) 
IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID] 
DM Record ID 2931 
Unique identifier UC117039 
Legacy Identifier CHS-14622.tiff 
Type Image 
Internet Media Type image/tiff
Resolution 20.1 in × 15.4 in at 300dpi
51.0 cm × 39.2 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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