California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

View of Wilshire Boulevard and Harcourt Street in Los Angeles showing several houses, January 1931

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View of Wilshire Boulevard and Harcourt Street in Los Angeles showing several houses, January 1931

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Photograph of a view of Wilshire Boulevard and Harcourt Street in Los Angeles showing several houses, January 1931. Harcourt runs across the image from left to right and is intersected by Wilshire, which runs from the foreground to the background at center. Several houses can be seen at left, and early automobiles are parked along the side of the street. Several lampposts can be seen on both sides of the Wilshire.; Legible signs include, from left: "For Sale Kells and Grant", "For Sale R. A. Rowan & Co.", "For Sale Ferguson", "Bus Stop", "Harcourt", "US Mail".

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Title View of Wilshire Boulevard and Harcourt Street in Los Angeles showing several houses, January 1931

Subject Los Angeles -- Streets -- Wilshire Boulevard (3 of 3) (file heading), roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1931-01

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 1931-01

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-m447

Identifier 35276 (accession number), CHS-35276 (call number), CHS-35276 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5651 (legacy record id), chs-m447 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-444 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5651

Unique identifier UC119586

Legacy Identifier CHS-35276.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.6 in × 13.3 in at 300dpi
47.3 cm × 33.9 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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