California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Birdseye view of Los Angeles looking west from City Hall tower toward Hollywood, November 12, 1930

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Birdseye view of Los Angeles looking west from City Hall tower toward Hollywood, November 12, 1930

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Photograph of a birdseye view of Los Angeles looking west from City Hall tower toward Hollywood, November 12, 1930. Court Flight, a funicular railroad, can be seen in the foreground at left. Just right of it, the roofs of the Hall of Records (1910-1976) can be seen. The second Court House (1891-1935) is visible right of the Hall of Records. The Hall of Justice (built in 1925) can be seen across Temple Street from the Court House. Women's Christian Temperance Union Building (built in 1889) is visible across Broadway from Hall of Justice. In the middle, at right, the First High School in Los Angeles (1873-1949) can be seen: a white three-story structure visible above Hall of Justice. Trees can be seen among the buildings, especially at left. In the background, a line of low mountains runs across the image from left to right.

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Title Birdseye view of Los Angeles looking west from City Hall tower toward Hollywood, November 12, 1930

Subject buildings (adlf), Court Flight (subject), Los Angeles City -- General (file heading), Los Angeles City Hall (subject), Railroads, Cable (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Los Angeles Civic Center (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1930-11-12

Type images

Format 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 13 x 17 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)

Date Created 1930-11-12

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-m2861

Identifier 35287 (accession number), CHS-35287 (call number), CHS-35287 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3760 (legacy record id), chs-m2861 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-2932 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3760

Unique identifier UC116090

Legacy Identifier CHS-35287.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.7 in × 13.2 in at 300dpi
47.6 cm × 33.7 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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