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Exterior view of the Los Angeles Federal Building and Post Office, ca.1950
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Exterior view of the Los Angeles Federal Building and Post Office, ca.1950
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Description
Photograph of an exterior view of the Los Angeles Federal Building and Post Office, ca.1950. The large rectangular building is at center and rises at least eighteen stories above ground level. The main entrance is at right and is flanked by tall flagpoles and small patches of grass. Two massive circular seals can be seen, one on each side of the entryway. A large reflecting pool is visible in the foreground at center. In the foreground at right is a small parking lot, and several pedestrians can be seen among the cars. Several smaller buildings can be seen in the distance at left.
Asset Metadata
Title
Exterior view of the Los Angeles Federal Building and Post Office, ca.1950
Subject
buildings
(adlf),
Federal Building
(subject),
Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Public Buildings -- Federal buildings
(file heading),
Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Public Buildings -- Post offices
(file heading),
Post Office
(subject),
Public buildings
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1950
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
1950
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m1882
Identifier
14575 (
accession number
), CHS-14575 (
call number
), CHS-14575 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-2734 (
legacy record id
), chs-m1882 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-1934 (
legacy record id
), 1-63- (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
2734
Unique identifier
UC116782
Legacy Identifier
CHS-14575.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
19.6 in × 16.0 in at 300dpi
49.9 cm × 40.7 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
Linked assets
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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