California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Aerial view of Los Angeles looking north from 36th Street, ca.1940

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Aerial view of Los Angeles looking north from 36th Street, ca.1940

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Photograph of an aerial view of Los Angeles looking north from 36th Street, ca.1940. Hoover Street runs from the foreground to the background at center, and the University of Southern California can be seen in the foreground at center. Such USC structures as the Hancock Foundation, the Bovard Auditorium, Old College, Doheny Library, PE Building, and Bovard Field can be seen. The Shrine Auditorium is visible at right. Hundreds more buildings can be seen in the background as the city sprawls out past the edges of the image. Note: Originally, the image was dated by 1932; however, the presence of AHF (Allan Hancock Foundation) Building, which was opened in 1940, suggests that the picture was taken circa 1940.

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Title Aerial view of Los Angeles looking north from 36th Street, ca.1940

Subject cities (adlf), Los Angeles -- General views -- Aerial (1930) (file heading), Shrine Auditorium (subject), University of Southern California (subject), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 36th Street (roadway), California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1940

Type images

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

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

Date Created 1940

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-m2738

Identifier 32883 (accession number), CHS-32883 (call number), CHS-32883 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3637 (legacy record id), chs-m2738 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-2801 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3637

Unique identifier UC120548

Legacy Identifier CHS-32883.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 21.8 in × 16.9 in at 300dpi
55.5 cm × 43.0 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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