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Aerial view of homes near a freeway in Century City, May 4, 1959
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Aerial view of homes near a freeway in Century City, May 4, 1959
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Description
Photograph of an aerial view of homes near a freeway in Century City, May 4, 1959. The freeway runs from the top of the image to the bottom at center. At right, hundreds of homes can be seen along winding paved streets. Large buildings can be seen in the lower left corner. In the bottom right corner, the edge of a golf course is visible.
Asset Metadata
Title
Aerial view of homes near a freeway in Century City, May 4, 1959
Subject
buildings
(adlf),
buildings
(lcsh),
Los Angeles -- Century City
(file heading),
Streets
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Century City
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1959-05-04
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)
Date Created
1959-05-04
Creator
Pafford & Associates Inc. Surveyors
(photographer)
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-m2122
Identifier
41441 (
accession number
), CHS-41441 (
call number
), CHS-41441 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-3057 (
legacy record id
), chs-m2122 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-2182 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
3057
Unique identifier
UC120231
Legacy Identifier
CHS-41441.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
32.8 in × 30.7 in at 300dpi
83.5 cm × 78.1 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
Linked assets
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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