California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Corner view of the Los Altos Apartments at 4121 Wilshire Boulevard, 1925-1929

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Corner view of the Los Altos Apartments at 4121 Wilshire Boulevard, 1925-1929

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Photograph of a corner view of the Los Altos Apartments at 4121 Wilshire Boulevard, 1925-1929. A five-story building can be seen at center on the corner of a street. Canopies cover some of the rectangular windows, while a small tower with an American flag on top can be seen on the roof of the building. Palms and other trees line the sidewalk, while a bicycle can be seen at left leaning against a street sign. Part of a street sign at right reads, "Brons[...]". The building is still there (August 2014). Built in 1925, designed by Edward B. Rust and Luther Mayo. It is LA Historic Cultural Monument #311 and is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Title Corner view of the Los Altos Apartments at 4121 Wilshire Boulevard, 1925-1929

Creator Mayo, Luther (architect), Rust, Edward B. (architect)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1925/1929

Subject Apartment houses (lcsh), Los Altos Apartments (subject), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Domestic -- Wilshire Boulevard (file heading), residential sites (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 4121 Wilshire Boulevard (roadway), California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1925/1929

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprints, 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), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

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-m1745

Identifier 41418 (accession number), CHS-41418 (call number), CHS-41418 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2602 (legacy record id), chs-m1745 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-1797 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2602

Unique identifier UC116301

Legacy Identifier CHS-41418.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.8 in × 15.8 in at 300dpi
50.4 cm × 40.3 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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