Aerial view of Century City, May 6, 1959

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Aerial view of Century City, May 6, 1959. In the middle, a highway can be seen extending from bottom to top of the image. A parking lot can be seen at the left side of the highway, as well as two more at its right side. What appears to be a residential area can be partly seen at lower right corner of the image. Two marks on the right upper and lower corners read "5-6-59" and "4-367-2-7". There are two clock dials printed on the left edge of the image, as well as four marks that read: "Cal.F.L. 152.011mm", "0015", "lens Ser. No XF 6748", "Ser. No 54-015, Blaine Thompson, Aerial Photograph" and "5-6-59".

Asset Metadata

Title Aerial view of Century City, May 6, 1959

Subject Aerial photography (lcsh), buildings (lcsh), cities (naf), 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 1959-05-06

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 20 x 25 cm. (aacr2), aerial photographs (aat), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

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

Date Created 1959-05-06

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-m2110

Identifier 41431 (accession number), CHS-41431 (call number), CHS-41431 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3045 (legacy record id), chs-m2110 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-2170 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3045

Unique identifier UC120228

Legacy Identifier CHS-41431.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 40.2 in × 37.7 in at 300dpi
102.1 cm × 95.8 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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