California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Wilshire Boulevard Causeway grand opening, showing Westlake Park (later MacArthur Park), 1934

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Wilshire Boulevard Causeway grand opening, showing Westlake Park (later MacArthur Park), 1934

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Photograph of the Wilshire Boulevard Causeway grand opening, showing Westlake Park (later MacArthur Park), 1934. The causeway is shown at center, curving right along the edge of the the park. In the foreground, a string of banners can be seen hung between two street lamps. Farther in the foreground, automobiles make their way along a street running perpendicular. In the background, highrise buildings can be seen, including one with a sign that reads "West Coast Westlake Theater".

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Title Wilshire Boulevard Causeway grand opening, showing Westlake Park (later MacArthur Park), 1934

Subject Causeways (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Wilshire Boulevard (3 of 3) (file heading), Parks (lcsh), roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh), West Coast Westlake Theatre (subject), Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) (naf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1934

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (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 1934

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-m440

Identifier 36079 (accession number), CHS-36079 (call number), CHS-36079 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5278 (legacy record id), chs-m440 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-437 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5278

Unique identifier UC119644

Legacy Identifier CHS-36079.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.4 in × 13.1 in at 300dpi
41.7 cm × 33.4 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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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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