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Aerial view of East Los Angeles looking north on Soto Street, 1949
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Aerial view of East Los Angeles looking north on Soto Street, 1949
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Description
Photograph of an aerial view of East Los Angeles looking north on Soto Street, 1949. Soto runs from the foreground at center into the background at right. The Los Angeles River can be seen at left and is crossed by several arched bridges. A large, light-colored building can be seen at center, while another large building is visible in the background at right. Between those buildings, thousands of small structures are visible. Low hills can be seen at left.
Asset Metadata
Title
Aerial view of East Los Angeles looking north on Soto Street, 1949
Subject
cities
(adlf),
Express highways
(lcsh),
Los Angeles -- General views -- Aerial (1940)
(file heading),
Sears Department Store
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
East Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Santa Ana Freeway
(roadway),
Soto Street
(roadway),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1949
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
1949
Contributor
Foster & Kleiser
(donor)
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-m2820
Identifier
32887 (
accession number
), CHS-32887 (
call number
), CHS-32887 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-3719 (
legacy record id
), chs-m2820 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-2890 (
legacy record id
), 1-23- (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
3719
Unique identifier
UC115921
Legacy Identifier
CHS-32887.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
21.2 in × 16.9 in at 300dpi
53.9 cm × 43.0 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
Linked assets
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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