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Aerial view of Lafayette Square in Los Angeles, looking north from Washington Boulevard, ca.1940
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Aerial view of Lafayette Square in Los Angeles, looking north from Washington Boulevard, ca.1940
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Description
Photograph of an aerial view of Lafayette Square in Los Angeles, looking north from Washington Boulevard, ca.1940. At center is an irregularly-shaped block full of trees and building. A circular road, Victoria Park Place and Victoria Park Drive, can be seen in the middle of the city block. All around, hundreds of small houses and other buildings occupy rectangular city blocks divided by wide, straight street. A tall building can be seen at right. Crenshaw Boulevard extends north at right and West Boulevard extends north at left. The east-west street at bottom is St. Charles Place. 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".
Asset Metadata
Title
Aerial view of Lafayette Square in Los Angeles, looking north from Washington Boulevard, ca.1940
Subject
cities
(adlf),
Los Angeles -- General views -- Aerial (1940)
(file heading),
Views
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Crenshaw Boulevard
(roadway),
Lafayette Square
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
St. Charles Place
(roadway),
USA
(countries),
Victoria Circle
(city or populated place),
Washington Boulevard
(roadway),
West Boulevard
(roadway)
Temporal Subject
1940
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
negatives (photographic)
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection)
Date Created
1940
Contributor
Prejza, Paul
(contributor)
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-m2818
Identifier
14503 (
accession number
), CHS-14503 (
call number
), CHS-14503 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-3717 (
legacy record id
), chs-m2818 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-2888 (
legacy record id
), 1-23- (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
3717
Unique identifier
UC115970
Legacy Identifier
CHS-14503.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
19.9 in × 16.0 in at 300dpi
50.7 cm × 40.8 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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