View looking north to a parade on Broadway from the Chamber of Commerce building, Los Angeles, April 26, 1928

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Title View looking north to a parade on Broadway from the Chamber of Commerce building, Los Angeles, April 26, 1928

Description Photograph of a view looking north to a parade on Broadway from the Chamber of Commerce building, Los Angeles, April 26, 1928. A parade in dedication of the new City Hall including floats, automobiles, onlookers, and flags can be seen on the street below as viewed from a mailroom window. Multiple-storied buildings with rectangular windows line the street. Visible signs on the buildings include, "Western Pacific Building", "Property of the Los Angeles Investment Co", "New Orpheum Building", "New Orpheum America's Finest Theatre Presenting Exclusively [?]", "908 S. Broadway L.L. Burns [?]", "Radio Supply Co. 912-14 So. Broadway", and "Southern California Gas Company".

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1928-04-26

Subject Chamber of Commerce (subject), Los Angeles -- General views -- C of C (Streets) (file heading), Los Angeles City Hall (subject), Parades (lcsh), roadways (adlf)

Tags oai:digitallibrary.usc.edu:chs,OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), South Broadway (roadways), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1928-04-26

Type images

Format 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 18 x 13 cm. (aacr2), photographs (aat), transparencies (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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2859

Identifier 35386 (accession number), CHS-35386 (call number), CHS-35386 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3758 (legacy record id), chs-m2859 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-2930 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3758

Unique identifier UC115908

Legacy Identifier CHS-35386.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.9 in × 23.5 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 59.7 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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