Exterior view of Terminal Annex Post Office, 1940

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Photograph of the exterior view of Terminal Annex Post Office, 1940. The building is about two stories tall, and its towers are about four stories tall. The lower level features large arched windows all around the base. The upper floor features rectangular windows all around the building. In the foreground at center, a parking lot can be seen with several cars visible in the background at right. In the background at center, more cars can be seen parked along the street. In the foreground at left, a large tree partially obscures the left portion of the building.

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Title Exterior view of Terminal Annex Post Office, 1940

Subject Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Public Buildings -- Post offices (file heading), Post Office (subject), post office buildings (adlf), Postal service -- Buildings (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Alameda Street & Macy Street (roadway), California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1940

Type images

Format 1 photograph: photoprint, b&w ; 20 x 25 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

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

Date Created 1940

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m1915

Identifier 8273 (accession number), CHS-8273 (call number), CHS-8273 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2767 (legacy record id), chs-m1915 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-1967 (legacy record id), 1-63- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2767

Unique identifier UC116998

Legacy Identifier CHS-8273.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.8 in × 16.3 in at 300dpi
53.0 cm × 41.4 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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