California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Railroad workers on Van Nuys Boulevard near Sylvan Street in Van Nuys, October, 1911

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Railroad workers on Van Nuys Boulevard near Sylvan Street in Van Nuys, October, 1911

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Photograph of railroad workers on Van Nuys Boulevard near Sylvan Street in Van Nuys, October, 1911. A group of railroad workers is huddled around a flatbed railroad car in the foreground at left. A larger group of onlookers is gathered at center. There are men and women, as well as boys and girls, in the group of bystanders. A line of utility poles runs parallel to the railroad tracks at center, and Van Nuys Boulevard is visible at right. A long, light-colored building is behind the crowd, and the California Bank Building is on the corner of Van Nuys Boulevard and Sylvan Street.

Asset Metadata

Title Railroad workers on Van Nuys Boulevard near Sylvan Street in Van Nuys, October, 1911

Subject California Bank (subject), Los Angeles -- San Fernando Valley -- Van Nuys (file heading), railroad features (adlf), Railroads (lcsh), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries), Van Nuys (city or populated place), Van Nuys Boulevard near Sylvan Street (roadway)

Temporal Subject 1911-10

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

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

Date Created 1911-10

Contributor St. Clair, Lynn (donor)

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-m4369

Identifier 14197 (accession number), CHS-14197 (call number), CHS-14197 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-4701 (legacy record id), chs-m4369 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-4461 (legacy record id), 1-49- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 4701

Unique identifier UC119853

Legacy Identifier CHS-14197.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.4 in × 15.9 in at 300dpi
49.2 cm × 40.6 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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