California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Aerial view of Griffith Observatory, showing hills of Los Feliz, ca.1935-1945

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Aerial view of Griffith Observatory, showing hills of Los Feliz, ca.1935-1945

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Photograph of aerial view of Griffith Observatory, showing hills of Los Feliz, ca.1935-1945. Looking northwest toward the observatory with bare hills of Los Feliz surrounding it. The vast hillsides spread from the foreground to the far background. Small roads can be seen snaking through the mountainsides. The observatory is a very small image in the center of the photo. The observatory consists of a large cylindrical building at center topped with a large dome. This building is flanked by two smaller cylindrical buildings also topped with small domes.

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Title Aerial view of Griffith Observatory, showing hills of Los Feliz, ca.1935-1945

Subject Architecture (lcsh), buildings (lcsh), Griffith Observatory (subject), Los Angeles -- Parks -- Griffith Park (file heading), Mountains (adlf), Observatories (lcsh), Parks (lcsh), Roads (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1935/1945

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

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

Date Created 1935/1945

Contributor Prejza, Paul (donated 1978-03) (donor)

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-m2431

Identifier 41692 (accession number), CHS-41692 (call number), CHS-41692 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3353 (legacy record id), chs-m2431 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-2492 (legacy record id), 1-31-285 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3353

Unique identifier UC120535

Legacy Identifier CHS-41692.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 21.7 in × 14.3 in at 300dpi
55.2 cm × 36.4 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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