Exterior view of the front of the Plaza Church, Los Angeles, ca.1900-1909

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Photograph of an exterior view of the front of the Plaza Church, Los Angeles, ca.1900-1909. A road can be seen across the foreground, while the church can be seen at center on the far side of the road. A wire fence and palm trees can be seen to the right of the church, while tall buildings are visible behind and to the left of the church. A water tower can be seen. Vines grow on the right side of the church, and three bells hang near the ceiling at left. A trolley can be seen at left, a cyclist and a pedestrian are visible just to the right of the church, and a horse pulling a carriage or wagon is visible at right. Legible signs include: "Yogue Nail Polish", "[...]Co.", "Baby Food", and "[...] Brunsw[...] Wholesa[...]". Back of photoprint reads "Oldest church in S.A.".

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Title Exterior view of the front of the Plaza Church, Los Angeles, ca.1900-1909

Subject Churches, Catholic (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Churches -- Roman Catholic (file heading), Los Angeles -- Plaza #4 -- Architecture -- Churches -- Plaza Church -- 1 of 2 (file heading), Plaza Church (subject), religious facilities (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1900/1909

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 7 x 10 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 1900/1909

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-m3880

Identifier 44559 (accession number), CHS-44559 (call number), CHS-44559 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5666 (legacy record id), chs-m3880 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-3968 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-3968 (legacy record id), BIBLA (project), 41708 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5666

Unique identifier UC119349

Legacy Identifier CHS-44559.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.1 in × 10.3 in at 300dpi
43.4 cm × 26.3 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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