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Interior view of the Tom Williams Tailor Shop, showing men examining fabrics, 1880-1920
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Interior view of the Tom Williams Tailor Shop, showing men examining fabrics, 1880-1920
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Description
Photograph of an interior view of the Tom Williams Tailor Shop, showing men examining fabrics, 1880-1920. Large bolts of cloth can be seen stacked up in the middle of the room at center. Seven men in suits and ties are standing around the fabric and looking at it. More fabric can be seen on the walls of the shop at left and right. In the back of the room is a large sign that reads "Tom Williams, Union Tailor". Several framed pictures are hung on the wall in the background at left. Written on back of photoprint: "Property of Ted Forsyth, 1401 Victoria Ave., Los Angeles, 6. Ted Forsyth, Dept of Water and Power, Mi 4211, Sta-2338."
Asset Metadata
Title
Interior view of the Tom Williams Tailor Shop, showing men examining fabrics, 1880-1920
Subject
buildings
(adlf),
Clothing trade
(lcsh),
Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Stores -- Tailors
(file heading),
Retail trade
(lcsh),
Tailors
(lcsh),
Tom Williams Tailor Shop
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
520 South Main Street
(roadway),
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1880/1920
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : photonegatives, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
(aacr2),
negatives (photographic)
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection)
Date Created
1880/1920
Contributor
Forsyth, Ted
(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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m1425
Identifier
33362 (
accession number
), CHS-33362 (
call number
), CHS-33362 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-2291 (
legacy record id
), chs-m1425 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-1471 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
), P82-1-2 (
unidentified no.
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
2291
Unique identifier
UC115883
Legacy Identifier
CHS-33362.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
16.4 in × 13.1 in at 300dpi
41.8 cm × 33.5 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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