Aerial view of the Arroyo Seco River and Avenue Forty-three in Los Angeles, ca.1938

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Photograph of an aerial view of the Arroyo Seco River and Avenue Forty-three in Los Angeles, ca.1938. The river runs across the image horizontally at center. It is crossed by at bridge at center. A small park is visible on the bank of the river at center, and the rest of the area shown is full of densely packed residential buildings. A wide road runs parallel to the river in the foreground at left, and many cars can be seen parked along the curb. In the distance, a line of bare hills can be seen. Photoprint reads: "This photograph is loaned to you. Please return to: Illustrator. L.A. City Planning Dept. Rm.361 F City Hall, Los Angeles, California".

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Title Aerial view of the Arroyo Seco River and Avenue Forty-three in Los Angeles, ca.1938

Subject cities (adlf), Los Angeles -- General aerials -- Undated (2 of 2) (file heading), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1938

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

Date Created 1938

Contributor Prejza, Paul (donor)

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-m3032

Identifier 14604 (accession number), CHS-14604 (call number), CHS-14604 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-4015 (legacy record id), chs-m3032 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-3104 (legacy record id), 1-23- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 4015

Unique identifier UC115997

Legacy Identifier CHS-14604.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.6 in × 16.0 in at 300dpi
49.8 cm × 40.6 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Description The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.

We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.

Date Created 1860/1960

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