California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Aerial view looking north of Wilshire Boulevard between La Brea Avenue and Highland Avenue, January 23, 1936

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Aerial view looking north of Wilshire Boulevard between La Brea Avenue and Highland Avenue, January 23, 1936

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Photograph of an aerial view looking north of Wilshire Boulevard between La Brea Avenue and Highland Avenue, January 23, 1936. Wilshire runs across the image from left to right in the foreground, while La Brea runs away from the camera at left and Highland parallels it at right. Highland is a wide divided road lined with small buildings and houses, while La Brea and Wilshire are lined with considerably larger buildings. A large cylindrical building is visible near La Brea in the distance. There is an open field at left, and there are large open mountains in the background.

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Title Aerial view looking north of Wilshire Boulevard between La Brea Avenue and Highland Avenue, January 23, 1936

Subject cities (adlf), Los Angeles -- General views -- Aerial (1930) (file heading), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Highland Avenue (roadway), La Brea Avenue (roadway), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries), Wilshire Boulevard (roadway)

Temporal Subject 1936-01-23

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 1936-01-23

Creator Spence Photo (photographer)

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-m2805

Identifier 11992 (accession number), CHS-11992 (call number), CHS-11992 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3705 (legacy record id), chs-m2805 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-2875 (legacy record id), 1-23- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3705

Unique identifier UC115937

Legacy Identifier CHS-11992.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.9 in × 16.6 in at 300dpi
53.1 cm × 42.2 cm at 300dpi

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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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