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Low-altitude aerial view of the Miracle Mile, looking north over Wilshire Boulevard, showing the Park La Brea apartments, 1957
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Low-altitude aerial view of the Miracle Mile, looking north over Wilshire Boulevard, showing the Park La Brea apartments, 1957
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Description
Photograph of a low-altitude aerial view of the Miracle Mile, looking north over Wilshire Boulevard and La Brea Avenue, showing the Park La Brea apartments, 1957. The Miracle Mile stretch of Wilshire bisects the image horizontally, while Fairfax runs from the lower left edge to the upper right corner. The Park La Brea apartments sit to the right in the centerground.
Asset Metadata
Title
Low-altitude aerial view of the Miracle Mile, looking north over Wilshire Boulevard, showing the Park La Brea apartments, 1957
Subject
Apartment houses
(lcsh),
cities
(adlf),
Los Angeles -- General views -- Aerial (1950)
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Park La Brea
(city or populated place),
USA
(countries),
Wilshire Boulevard
(roadway)
Temporal Subject
1957
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm.
(aacr2),
negatives (photographic)
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection)
Date Created
1957
Creator
Whitehurse Aerial Surveys
(photographer)
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-m2828
Identifier
31021 (
accession number
), CHS-31021 (
call number
), CHS-31021 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-3727 (
legacy record id
), chs-m2828 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-2898 (
legacy record id
), 1-23- (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
3727
Unique identifier
UC116183
Legacy Identifier
CHS-31021.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
14.8 in × 13.7 in at 300dpi
37.7 cm × 35.0 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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