California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Birdseye view of a busy stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway between Santa Monica and Malibu, [s.d.]

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Birdseye view of a busy stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway between Santa Monica and Malibu, [s.d.]

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Photograph of a birdseye view of a busy stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway between Santa Monica and Malibu, [s.d.]. The highway can be seen stretching from bottom left towards the right background. The highway borders the beach and ocean, which is visible to the left of the highway. Sunbathers are visible on the beach, while several people can be seen playing volleyball in a fenced-off area of the beach at left. Automobiles can be seen parked in lots between the highway and the beach. Automobiles are also parallel parked on the right side of the highway. The two-lane highway appears to be busy. Train tracks and utility poles can be seen to the right of the highway, while a few commercial and residential buildings are visible atop a hill at right. Mountains are visible in the background at right.

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Title Birdseye view of a busy stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway between Santa Monica and Malibu, [s.d.]

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Bathing beaches (lcsh), oceans (adlf), Pacific Coast Highway (lcsh), Pacific Ocean (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), Pacific Coast Highway (roadway), Santa Monica (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Type images

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

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

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-m6578

Identifier 36754 (accession number), CHS-36754 (call number), CHS-36754 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-6651 (legacy record id), chs-m6578 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 6651

Unique identifier UC116940

Legacy Identifier CHS-36754.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.4 in × 12.9 in at 300dpi
41.7 cm × 32.7 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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