California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Birdseye view of Los Angeles from the top of the Chamber of Commerce building, January 1930

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Birdseye view of Los Angeles from the top of the Chamber of Commerce building, January 1930

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Photograph of a birdseye view of Los Angeles from the top of the Chamber of Commerce building, January 1930. A large paved road runs from the foreground to the background at left and is lined with sidewalks, utility poles, and parked automobiles. Tall office buildings can be seen at right and in the background at left. A gas station is visible in the foreground at center, while a building with a tall chimney can be seen in the foreground at right. A snow-capped mountain range stretches across the image in the background.; Legible signs include, from left: "Investment Certificates American Loan Society", "I've graduated to Camels", "Insurance Exchange Building", "Pan-Am", "Auto Park", "Temple Radio", "The Star Piano Co.", "Belasco Theatre Now Playing", "Mayan", "Stratford-Upon-Avon Festival Co.", "Dancing", "Richfield", "Union Gas", "G & H Service Union", "Western Pacific Building", and "Property of the Los Angeles Investment Co."

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Title Birdseye view of Los Angeles from the top of the Chamber of Commerce building, January 1930

Subject Belasco Theater (subject), cities (adlf), Los Angeles -- General views -- C of C (Streets) (file heading), Los Angeles Herald Examiner (subject), Newspapers (lcsh), Theaters (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1930-01

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 1930-01

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-m2892

Identifier 35282 (accession number), CHS-35282 (call number), CHS-35282 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3790 (legacy record id), chs-m2892 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-2963 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3790

Unique identifier UC116062

Legacy Identifier CHS-35282.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.8 in × 13.7 in at 300dpi
47.9 cm × 34.9 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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