Aerial view of Century City, May 6, 1959

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Photograph of an aerial view of Century City, May 6, 1959. A wide street, possibly Olympic Boulevard, runs from the top of the image to the bottom. At right, small, uneven plots of land are divided by unpaved roads, while at left, a lake is visible. Many large buildings are visible, including several houses in the bottom left corner of the image. The left side of the image shows various aviation instruments, including an altimeter.

Asset Metadata

Title Aerial view of Century City, May 6, 1959

Subject buildings (lcsh), cities (adlf), 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 1959-05-01

Type images

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

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

Date Created 1959-05-01

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-m2120

Identifier 32869 (accession number), CHS-32869 (call number), CHS-32869 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3055 (legacy record id), chs-m2120 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-2180 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3055

Unique identifier UC120154

Legacy Identifier CHS-32869.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 15.9 in × 14.8 in at 300dpi
40.5 cm × 37.5 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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