California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Aerial view of buildings in the Central Manufacturing District, Vernon, ca.1957

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Aerial view of buildings in the Central Manufacturing District, Vernon, ca.1957

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Photograph of an aerial view of buildings in the Central Manufacturing District, Vernon, ca.1957. Many large warehouses are visible in the foregound at center. A river runs across the image in the background and is crossed in several places by concrete bridges. Houses can be seen at right, and trees are visible among the residences. More buildings are visible in the distance as the city sprawls into the background.

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Title Aerial view of buildings in the Central Manufacturing District, Vernon, ca.1957

Subject buildings (adlf), buildings (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Vernon (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1957

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

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

Date Created 1957

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m18176

Identifier 44181 (accession number), CHS-44181 (call number), CHS-44181 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-18176 (legacy record id), chs-m18176 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 18176

Unique identifier UC113744

Legacy Identifier CHS-44181.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.9 in × 16.3 in at 300dpi
53.1 cm × 41.6 cm at 300dpi

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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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