California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

View of Pershing Square from the Pershing Square Building, 1930

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View of Pershing Square from the Pershing Square Building, 1930

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Photograph of a view of Pershing Square from the Pershing Square Building, 1930. The tree-filled park can be seen in the foreground at left. Tall rectangular buildings surround the park in the background. A wide street lined with early-model automobiles divides the park from the buildings and runs from left to right. Legible signs include, from left: "Bank of Italy Building", "Knickerbocker Building", "Pacific Mutual Life", and "Mayflower".

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Title View of Pershing Square from the Pershing Square Building, 1930

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1930

Subject Biltmore Hotel (subject), buildings (adlf), Hotels, taverns, etc. (lcsh), Los Angeles -- General views -- C of C (City Hall, Pershing Square) (file heading), Parks (lcsh), Pershing Square Building (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 5th Street and Olive Street (roadway), California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1930

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)

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-m2851

Identifier 35284 (accession number), CHS-35284 (call number), CHS-35284 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3750 (legacy record id), chs-m2851 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-2922 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3750

Unique identifier UC116092

Legacy Identifier CHS-35284.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.8 in × 13.1 in at 300dpi
47.9 cm × 33.4 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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