California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Aerial view of the Los Angeles downtown area, showing Pershing Square, 1930-1939

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Aerial view of the Los Angeles downtown area, showing Pershing Square, 1930-1939

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Photograph of an aerial view of the Los Angeles downtown area, showing Pershing Square, 1930-1939. Multiple high-rise buildings with flat roofs can be seen throughout. A park with trees can be seen to the left of center, while parallel roads can be seen running from the bottom right towards the left background. A tall building with a pointed top can be seen towards the center background.

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Title Aerial view of the Los Angeles downtown area, showing Pershing Square, 1930-1939

Subject cities (adlf), Los Angeles -- General views -- C of C (Aerials, wide panoramas) (file heading), Parks (lcsh), Pershing Square (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1930/1939

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprints, b&w ; 21 x 26 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 1930/1939

Creator Whitehurse Aerial Photos, Inc. (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-m2896

Identifier 36057 (accession number), CHS-36057 (call number), CHS-36057 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3794 (legacy record id), chs-m2896 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-2967 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3794

Unique identifier UC116152

Legacy Identifier CHS-36057.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.6 in × 13.5 in at 300dpi
42.2 cm × 34.3 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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