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Aerial view of Los Angeles, looking north on Hoover Street from Third Street, 1939
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Aerial view of Los Angeles, looking north on Hoover Street from Third Street, 1939

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Photograph of an aerial view of Los Angeles, looking north on Hoover Street from Third Street, 1939. Hoover can be seen running from the foreground to the background at center, while Virgil Avenue can be seen running parallel at left. Several large roads run across the image from left to right. Thousands of small buildings can be seen in the area, separated by a grid of streets. At left, several large buildings are visible. Photoprint reads: "This photograph is loaned to you. Please return to: Illustrator. L.A. City Planning Dept. Rm.361 F City Hall, Los Angeles, California". Photoprint reads: "Spence Air Photos, 2404 W. 7th Street, Los Angeles, Fitzroy 2948". 
Asset Metadata
Title Aerial view of Los Angeles, looking north on Hoover Street from Third Street, 1939 
Creator Spence Air Photo (photographer) 
Contributor Prejza, Paul (donated 1978-03) (donor) 
Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital) 
Date Created 1932-01-24 
Subject cities  (adlf), Los Angeles -- General views -- Aerial (1930)  (file heading), Views  (lcsh) 
Tags OAI-PMH Harvest 
Place 3rd Street (roadway), California (states), Hoover Street (roadway), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries), Virgil Street (roadway) 
Temporal Subject 1932-01-24 
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) 
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-m2803 
Identifier 32896 (accession number), CHS-32896 (call number), CHS-32896 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3713 (legacy record id), chs-m2803 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-2873 (legacy record id), USC (project), Spence E-9198-20-C (unidentified no.) 
IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID] 
DM Record ID 3713 
Unique identifier UC115920 
Legacy Identifier CHS-32896.tiff 
Type Image 
Internet Media Type image/tiff
Resolution 21.3 in × 16.9 in at 300dpi
54.1 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 
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