California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

View of a Commercial street in Tujunga, showing Sam Seelig's grocery and the Tujunga Drug Company, [s.d.]

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View of a Commercial street in Tujunga, showing Sam Seelig's grocery and the Tujunga Drug Company, [s.d.]

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Photograph of a view of a commercial street in Tujunga, showing Sam Seelig's grocery and the Tujunga Drug Company, [s.d.]. A row of one- and two-story brick commercial buildings runs through the centerground of the image, behind a paved sidewalk. The leftmost building bears a sign reading "Sam Seelig Co. Store No. 199. 'Cash is King'. California's leading grocer"; produce and other grocery items are visible inside the store. Two buildings to the right sits a two-story building bearing a sign reading "Tujunga Dru[g] Co. Drugs. Lunches. Candy. Cigars. Ice Cream. Sodas". Three automobiles are parked in the unpaved area in front of the stores.

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Title View of a Commercial street in Tujunga, showing Sam Seelig's grocery and the Tujunga Drug Company, [s.d.]

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), commercial sites (adlf), Los Angeles -- San Fernando Valley -- Architecture -- Commercial (file heading), Sam Seelig Groceries (subject), Stores, Retail (lcsh), Streets (lcsh), Tujunga Drug Company (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Tujunga (city or populated place), USA (countries)

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)

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m4331

Identifier 31189 (accession number), CHS-31189 (call number), CHS-31189 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-4739 (legacy record id), chs-m4331 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-4423 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 4739

Unique identifier UC120158

Legacy Identifier CHS-31189.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.5 in × 13.3 in at 300dpi
44.6 cm × 33.9 cm at 300dpi

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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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