Pico Street section of a new viaduct, ca 1928

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Photograph of the Pico Street section of a new viaduct, ca.1928. "Lack of rumbling noise generally developed in similar structures was very apparent. Witnesses at the ceremonies yesterday agreed that less noise was audible than that which comes from a train passing over a surface street" -- handwritten note on verso. "Moss Photographer, 316 West Pico Street, WEstmore 2301, Los Angeles, Cal." -- stamped on verso.; Streetscape. Horizontal photography. Additional information: "Pico Viaduct Ready to Use: Pacific Electric Cars will go over it in few days..." -- Los Angeles Times, 24 October 1927.

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Title Pico Street section of a new viaduct, ca 1928

Creator Moss Photographer (photo studio)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1928

Subject Los Angeles -- City -- Bridges And Viaducts (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 4800 West Pico Boulevard (roadway), California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1928

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, negative, b&w (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961 (collection), Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961 (subcollection), University of Southern California (contributing entity)

Repository Email cisadmin@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights For uses other than private, please contact the USC Digital Library at cisadmin@lib.usc.edu

Access Conditions Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/examiner-m3241

Identifier 3-1275-02806-1811 (barcode), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BRI-VIA-036 (filename), examiner-m4404 (legacy collection record id), examiner-c44-90481 (legacy record id), examiner-m3241 (legacy record id), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BRI-VIA-036 (original filename), Subjects 316 (print box)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 90481

Unique identifier UC11733595

Legacy Identifier EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BRI-VIA-036.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 15.0 in × 12.0 in at 300dpi
38.1 cm × 30.5 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961

Description The Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection consists of approximately 1.4 million prints and negatives from the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper. It was a daily newspaper, published in the afternoon on weekdays (Herald-Express) and in the morning on weekends (Examiner). The afternoon and morning papers merged in 1962 (Herald Examiner).

? 1903-1989: Los Angeles Examiner (founded 1903)
? 1931-1962: Los Angeles Herald-Express (formed from the 1931 merger of Los Angeles Evening Express and Evening Herald)
? 1962-1989: Los Angeles Herald Examiner (formed from the 1962 merger of the Los Angeles Herald-Express and the Los Angeles Examiner)

Almost every event and individual receiving news coverage in Los Angeles during the period late 1920's to 1961 is represented in the collection. Coverage is broad including crime, sports, society, art, and entertainment. The collection forms part of the Hearst Collection and was a gift from the Los Angeles Herald Examiner Division of the Hearst Corporation in 1978.

The Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection (1950-1961) consists of approximately 215,000 4x5-inch negatives from the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper.

The Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection consists of approximately 1.2 million photoprints from the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper.

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