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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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Description
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
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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
Linked assets
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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