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Birdseye view of downtown Los Angeles with Hill Street in the foreground, 1964
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Birdseye view of downtown Los Angeles with Hill Street in the foreground, 1964
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Description
Photograph of a birdseye view of downtown Los Angeles with Hill Street in the foreground, 1964. Hill Street intersects another large road just to the left of center. Several large, crowded parking lots can be seen at left, while hundreds of tall buildings can be seen in the foreground at right and in the background. In the distance at left, the tall tower of City Hall is visible, while at right, a large cylindrical building can be seen.
Asset Metadata
Title
Birdseye view of downtown Los Angeles with Hill Street in the foreground, 1964
Subject
cities
(adlf),
Los Angeles -- General views -- Aerials (1970)
(file heading),
Views
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1964
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
1964
Creator
Caldwell, James
(photographer),
Foster & Kleiser
(photographer)
Contributor
Foster & Kleiser
(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-m2702
Identifier
32890 (
accession number
), CHS-32890 (
call number
), CHS-32890 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-3603 (
legacy record id
), chs-m2702 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-2765 (
legacy record id
), 1-23- (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
3603
Unique identifier
UC120575
Legacy Identifier
CHS-32890.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
20.7 in × 16.7 in at 300dpi
52.7 cm × 42.5 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
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
Linked assets
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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