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Aerial view of Carson looking north showing Avalon Greens housing, March 17, 1949
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Aerial view of Carson looking north showing Avalon Greens housing, March 17, 1949
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Description
Aerial view of Carson looking north showing Avalon Greens housing, March 17, 1949. Three large circular fields can be seen in the foreground at right. At center, Sepulveda Boulevard borders the Avalon Greens housing development. More houses can be scattered across the flat land in the distance at left, and large cylindrical holding tanks can be seen in the background at right.
Asset Metadata
Title
Aerial view of Carson looking north showing Avalon Greens housing, March 17, 1949
Subject
Avalon Greens Housing
(subject),
cities
(adlf),
Los Angeles -- General views -- Aerial (1940)
(file heading),
Views
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
Avalon Greens
(manmade features),
California
(states),
Carson
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1949-03-17
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
1949-03-17
Creator
Spence Air Photos
(photographer)
Contributor
Foster & Kleiser (donated 1985)
(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
Send requests to address or e-mail given
Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2819
Identifier
44283 (
accession number
), CHS-44283 (
call number
), CHS-44283 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-3718 (
legacy record id
), chs-m2819 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-2889 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
), Spence E-47-2 (
unidentified no.
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
3718
Unique identifier
UC115927
Legacy Identifier
CHS-44283.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
20.9 in × 16.9 in at 300dpi
53.2 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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