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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Panoramic view of North Figueroa Street, looking south from Spruce Street, showing early stages of street improvements on Figueroa, November 1935 or February 1936
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Panoramic view of North Figueroa Street, looking south from Spruce Street, showing early stages of street improvements on Figueroa, November 1935 or February 1936
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Photograph of a panoramic view of North Figueroa Street, looking south from Spruce Street, showing early stages of street improvements on Figueroa, in November 1935 or February 1936. Three single story buildings with pitched roofs sit in the centerground of the image, among the two dirt lanes of the Figueroa Street construction site. The site is bordered on two sides by a low fence. Two construction vehicles are visible, one in the near centerground and one in the far centerground. Hills sit to each side of the construction site, while City Hall and other buildings of downtown are visible at the horizon.
Asset Metadata
Title
Panoramic view of North Figueroa Street, looking south from Spruce Street, showing early stages of street improvements on Figueroa, November 1935 or February 1936
Subject
Civil engineering
(lcsh),
Los Angeles -- Streets -- Figueroa
(file heading),
roadways
(adlf),
Streets
(lcsh),
Streets -- Maintenance and repair
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
Birch Street
(roadway),
California
(states),
Figueroa Street
(roadway),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Spruce Street
(roadway),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1935-11, 1936-02-21
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection),
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
(subcollection)
Date Created
1936-02-21
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-m214
Identifier
31049C (
accession number
), CHS-31049C (
call number
), CHS-31049C (
filename
), isla id: S-4711 (
identifying number
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-2860 (
legacy record id
), chs-m214 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-214 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
2860
Unique identifier
UC117137
Legacy Identifier
CHS-31049C.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
18.3 in × 13.5 in at 300dpi
46.6 cm × 34.3 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
Date Created
1860/1960
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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