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Panoramic view of the North Figueroa Street bridge
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Panoramic view of the North Figueroa Street bridge

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Photograph of a panoramic view of the North Figueroa Street bridge. "Panorama view of the new cantilever span, the biggest ever erected in this part of the county, which is expected to expedite traffic between downtown Los Angeles and Pasadena, Highland Park, and their adjacent residential sections. The span, which will cost $1,000,000, will be 452 feet long with a roadway of 40 feet. It is being built on the new North Figueroa Street Bridge over the Los Angeles River" -- Examiner clipping attached to verso, dated, "February 6, 1937". "Received. Examiner reference library" -- stamped on verso, dated, "February 6, 1937".; Streetscape. Horizontal photography. 
Asset Metadata
Title Panoramic view of the North Figueroa Street bridge 
Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital) 
Date Created 1937-02-06 
Subject Los Angeles -- City -- Bridges And Viaducts  (file heading) 
Tags OAI-PMH Harvest 
Place California (states), Figueroa Street (roadway), Highland Park (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Pasadena (city or populated place), USA (countries) 
Temporal Subject 1937-02-06 
Type images
Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w (aacr2), 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-m3238 
Identifier 3-1275-02806-1597 (barcode), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BRI-VIA-018 (filename), examiner-m4404 (legacy collection record id), examiner-c44-90479 (legacy record id), examiner-m3238 (legacy record id), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BRI-VIA-018 (original filename), Subjects 316 (print box) 
IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID] 
DM Record ID 90479 
Unique identifier UC11732108 
Legacy Identifier EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BRI-VIA-018.tiff 
Type Image 
Internet Media Type image/tiff
Resolution 29.7 in × 14.0 in at 300dpi
75.4 cm × 35.8 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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