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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
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Pershing Square from the top of an area building, ca.1920-1939
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Pershing Square from the top of an area building, ca.1920-1939
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Description
Photograph of a view of Pershing Square from the top of an area building, ca.1920-1939. A sign advertising for "S.I. Wailes Co." stands next to the street in the left foreground while a variety of trees shade the park at center. A flag pole stands near the center of the square. Large buildings surround the park including the Knickerbocker Building, the Pacific Mutual Life Building, and the Bank of Italy.
Asset Metadata
Title
Pershing Square from the top of an area building, ca.1920-1939
Subject
Los Angeles -- General views -- C of C (City Hall, Pershing Square)
(file heading),
Parks
(lcsh),
Parks
(adlf),
Pershing Square
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Hill and 5th Street
(roadway),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1920/1939
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 20 x 25 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)
Date Created
1920/1939
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-m2880
Identifier
36721 (
accession number
), CHS-36721 (
call number
), CHS-36721 (
filename
), chs-m825 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-3778 (
legacy record id
), chs-m2880 (
legacy record id
), USC-2-1-1-2951 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
3778
Unique identifier
UC116171
Legacy Identifier
CHS-36721.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
16.6 in × 13.2 in at 300dpi
42.2 cm × 33.6 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
Linked assets
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
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