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Birdseye view of Los Angeles, looking north on Hill Street from Eleventh Street, ca.1920
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Birdseye view of Los Angeles, looking north on Hill Street from Eleventh Street, ca.1920

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Photograph of a birdseye view of Los Angeles, looking north on Hill Street from Eleventh Street, ca.1920. Hill Street runs from the foreground at left into the background at center. Many automobiles and pedestrians can be seen in the middle of the road, as well as along the edges. Large buildings housing shops can be seen on both sides of the street. The street itself has two sets of streetcar tracks running down the middle. The Pease Brothers building can be seen near seventh street at right.; Legible signs include, from left: "Kitchen", "Mackie-Foley Company Furniture Carpets", and "Strictly one price Pease Bros. Better Furniture, Better Carpets, Better Draperies, Better Trade Here". 
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Title Birdseye view of Los Angeles, looking north on Hill Street from Eleventh Street, ca.1920 
Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital) 
Date Created 1920 
Subject cities  (adlf), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Hill Street -- South of Olympic  (file heading), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Hill Street -- South of Tenth  (file heading), Streets  (lcsh) 
Tags OAI-PMH Harvest 
Place California (states), Hill Street (roadway), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries) 
Temporal Subject 1920 
Type images
Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat) 
Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection) 
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-m482 
Identifier 32931 (accession number), CHS-32931 (call number), CHS-32931 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5264 (legacy record id), chs-m482 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-480 (legacy record id), USC (project) 
IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID] 
DM Record ID 5264 
Unique identifier UC119636 
Legacy Identifier CHS-32931.tiff 
Type Image 
Internet Media Type image/tiff
Resolution 12.2 in × 18.3 in at 300dpi
31.1 cm × 46.5 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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