California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Aerial view looking northeast over the original sub-divisions of Westchester, September 12, 1949

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Aerial view looking northeast over the original sub-divisions of Westchester, September 12, 1949

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Photograph of an aerial view, looking northeast over the original sub-divisions of Westchester, September 12, 1949. The intersection of Sepulveda Boulevard and Manchester Avenue, at center, is surrounded by hundreds of residences arranged within suburban sub-divisions. Each block appears to be almost a mirror image of the one next to it. The homes are set back from the streets with similar sidewalks and grass-filled front lawns. A cul-de-sac is visible right of center, while rows of utility polls are visible to the far left. A solitary air raid warden's shack is pictured at left center, facing Manchester Boulevard, one of the few remaining from World War II. In the distance, more residential sub-divisions stretch to what appears to be the bottom of a hill, or mountain ridge.

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Title Aerial view looking northeast over the original sub-divisions of Westchester, September 12, 1949

Subject cities (adlf), Los Angeles County -- Los Angeles -- Westchester (file heading), Suburbs (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Manchester Avenue & Sepulveda Boulevard (roadway), USA (countries), Westchester (city or populated place)

Temporal Subject 1949-09-12

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

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

Date Created 1949-09-12

Creator Spence Air Photos (photographer)

Contributor Foster & Kleiser (donated 1979-03-19) (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. 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-m1947

Identifier 33124 (accession number), CHS-33124 (call number), CHS-33124 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2795 (legacy record id), chs-m1947 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-2002 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2795

Unique identifier UC116780

Legacy Identifier CHS-33124.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.8 in × 15.8 in at 300dpi
50.4 cm × 40.3 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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