California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Courtyard in front of the home of Elwood Riggs in La Cañada Flintridge, July 6, 1926

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Courtyard in front of the home of Elwood Riggs in La Cañada Flintridge, July 6, 1926

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Photograph of the courtyard in front of the home of Elwood Riggs in La Cañada Flintridge, July 6, 1926. The courtyard can be seen at center and is a large rectangular space enclosed by adobe walls. Many stone paths make their way through patches of plants and flowers. Several tall trees can be seen around the edge of the courtyard, while a large fountain is visible in the middle. The tall Spanish-style house can be seen in the background at right. Its walls are light-colored and its roof is partially covered with terracotta tiles.

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Title Courtyard in front of the home of Elwood Riggs in La Cañada Flintridge, July 6, 1926

Subject Architecture, Domestic (lcsh), buildings (lcsh), Dwellings (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- La Cañada Flintridge (file heading), residential sites (adlf), Riggs, Elwood (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), La Cañada Flintridge (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1926-07-06

Type images

Format 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 13 x 17 cm. (aacr2), photographs (aat), transparencies (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1926-07-06

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-m4433

Identifier 35065 (accession number), CHS-35065 (call number), CHS-35065 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-4769 (legacy record id), chs-m4433 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 4769

Unique identifier UC120140

Legacy Identifier CHS-35065.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.5 in × 13.1 in at 300dpi
47.1 cm × 33.3 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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