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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
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Birdseye view of Los Angeles looking southwest from City Hall tower, November 12, 1930
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Birdseye view of Los Angeles looking southwest from City Hall tower, November 12, 1930
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Description
Photograph of birdseye view of Los Angeles looking southwest from City Hall tower, November 12, 1930. The buildings in the foreground are lower and darker than those in the background, although all the buildings visible are large. In the background at center, a tall building with a spire on top can be seen. In the foreground at center, a building with a domed roof is visible adjacent to a castle-like building.
Asset Metadata
Title
Birdseye view of Los Angeles looking southwest from City Hall tower, November 12, 1930
Subject
buildings
(adlf),
Los Angeles -- General views -- C of C (General)
(file heading),
Los Angeles City Hall
(subject),
Views
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
Bunker Hill
(city or populated 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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2860
Identifier
35286 (
accession number
), CHS-35286 (
call number
), CHS-35286 (
filename
), chs-m825 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-3759 (
legacy record id
), chs-m2860 (
legacy record id
), USC-2-1-1-2931 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
3759
Unique identifier
UC116079
Legacy Identifier
CHS-35286.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
18.7 in × 13.4 in at 300dpi
47.6 cm × 34.1 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
Linked assets
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
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