California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

View of the entrance to the Figueroa Street Tunnel, ca.1937

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View of the entrance to the Figueroa Street Tunnel, ca.1937

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Photograph of a view of the entrance to the Figueroa Street Tunnel, ca.1937. The concrete mouth of the tunnel is at center. The opening is arch-shaped and triangular sections of concrete hold back the steep hillside. Several automobiles, including a pickup truck, can be seen emerging from the tunnel. A wide concrete sidewalk is visible at left. A steep brushy hill rises above the tunnel.

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Title View of the entrance to the Figueroa Street Tunnel, ca.1937

Subject Los Angeles -- Department of Public Works -- Construction scenes #3 -- Unidentified (file heading), Los Angeles -- Department of Public Works -- Tunnels (file heading), Los Angeles -- Public Works -- Bridges (file heading), Streets (lcsh), Tunnels (adlf), Tunnels (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Figueroa Street (roadway), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1937

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 1937

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-m3953

Identifier 33272 (accession number), CHS-33272 (call number), CHS-33272 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5225 (legacy record id), chs-m3953 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-4043 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5225

Unique identifier UC119569

Legacy Identifier CHS-33272.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.1 in × 13.9 in at 300dpi
46.0 cm × 35.4 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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