California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

View down Wilshire Boulevard looking west from Harcourt Street, 1931

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View down Wilshire Boulevard looking west from Harcourt Street, 1931

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Photograph of a view down Wilshire Boulevard looking west from Harcourt Street, 1931. Vacant lots are partially visible both to the left and right in the foreground, while a few disparate cars can be seen going each way farther in the background. Farther in the distance, a highrise building can be seen among shorter buildings. Street lamps line the road to either side.

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Title View down Wilshire Boulevard looking west from Harcourt Street, 1931

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1931

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), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1931

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-m438

Identifier 37169 (accession number), CHS-37169 (call number), CHS-37169 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5279 (legacy record id), chs-m438 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-435 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5279

Unique identifier UC119604

Legacy Identifier CHS-37169.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.4 in × 13.2 in at 300dpi
46.9 cm × 33.5 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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