Exterior view of the General Telephone Co. building, Santa Monica, ca.1960

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Photograph of exterior view of the General Telephone Co. building, Santa Monica, ca.1960. In the extreme foreground at right, a paved, two-lane road can be seen extending into the background at left. An automobile can be seen parked along the curb near a small sign. To the right of the road, a large parking lot filled with automobiles is visible. In the extreme background at center, a large rectangular building is visible. A rectangular section at center is larger than the other sections of the structure. On the side of the center section, the words "General Telephone" can be seen above the emblem of a telephone. Atop the center section, an American flag can be seen. Along the front of the building, a row of palm trees is visible.

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Title Exterior view of the General Telephone Co. building, Santa Monica, ca.1960

Subject buildings (adlf), buildings (lcsh), General Telephone Company (subject), Los Angeles County -- Santa Monica -- Architecture -- General (file heading), Parking lots (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), Santa Monica (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1960

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 1960

Creator Busse, John R. (photographer)

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-m2424

Identifier 45036 (accession number), CHS-45036 (call number), CHS-45036 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3346 (legacy record id), chs-m2424 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-2486 (legacy record id), 84-1-2112 (microfiche number), USC (project), 791 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3346

Unique identifier UC120584

Legacy Identifier CHS-45036.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.7 in × 16.3 in at 300dpi
52.6 cm × 41.5 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

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