Aerial photograph of Optimist Boy's Home, Annandale section of Highland Park, ca.1955

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Photogrraph of an aerial photograph of Optimist Boy's Home, Annandale section of Highland Park, ca.1955. Figueroa Street runs across the image from left to right near the top of the image. The home can be seen at center and consists of a V-shaped row of buildings with a large parking lot at right. Many residential homes can be seen in the neighborhood nearby. Two parks are visible as well. Photoprint reads: "Max Mahan, zone 1, Pacific Southwest District, Optimist International, 7133 Kester Avenue, Van Nuys, Calif., 91405".

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Title Aerial photograph of Optimist Boy's Home, Annandale section of Highland Park, ca.1955

Subject buildings (adlf), Charities (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Highland Park -- General views #1 (file heading), Optimist Boy's Home (subject), Schools (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 6957 North Figueroa Street (roadway), California (states), Highland Park (city or populated place), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1955

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)

Date Created 1955

Creator Mahan, Max (photographer)

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-m2056

Identifier 42219 (accession number), CHS-42219 (call number), CHS-42219 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2995 (legacy record id), chs-m2056 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-2116 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2995

Unique identifier UC116999

Legacy Identifier CHS-42219.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.8 in × 16.2 in at 300dpi
53.0 cm × 41.3 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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