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Birdseye view looking west over City Hall in Los Angeles, 1970
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Birdseye view looking west over City Hall in Los Angeles, 1970
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Description
Photograph of a birdseye view looking west over City Hall in Los Angeles, 1970. City Hall sits at the center foreground. City Hall East is under construction behind it, and the old Hall of Records is partially visible. The westward view looks toward the Music Center and the Department of Water and Power. A parking lot sits at left centerground, while residences and a freeway occupy the background.
Asset Metadata
Title
Birdseye view looking west over City Hall in Los Angeles, 1970
Subject
buildings
(adlf),
Los Angeles City -- Architecture -- Public Buildings -- City halls
(file heading),
Public buildings
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Los Angeles
(cities),
Los Angeles City Hall
(buildings),
Spring Street
(roadways),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1970-01-20
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
(aacr2),
negatives (photographic)
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection)
Date Created
1970-01-20
Creator
Caldwell, James
(photographer)
Contributor
Foster & Kleiser
(donor)
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
Access Conditions
Send requests to address or e-mail given
Permanent Link (DOI)
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m1847
Identifier
31012 (
accession number
), CHS-31012 (
call number
), CHS-31012 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-2702 (
legacy record id
), chs-m1847 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-1899 (
legacy record id
), 1-23- (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
2702
Unique identifier
UC116768
Legacy Identifier
CHS-31012
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
16.0 in × 19.9 in at 300dpi
40.8 cm × 50.6 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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