View of Marchessault Street from Alameda Street in Los Angeles's Chinatown, November 1933

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Title View of Marchessault Street from Alameda Street in Los Angeles's Chinatown, November 1933

Description Photograph of a view of Marchessault Street from Alameda Street in Los Angeles's Chinatown, November 1933. Marchessault runs from the foreground at left towards the background at right. A long, two-story brick building can be seen along the side of the road at left. Cloth awnings can be seen at right, and several tall rectangular windows are visible. A three-story building can be seen in the background at right, and a sign on its roof advertises chop suey. In the foreground at left, a bulletin board can be seen on the side of the building. An automobile can be seen parked along the curb at right.

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1933-11-01

Subject buildings (lcsh), buildings (adlf), Chinese Americans (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Chinatown (file heading), Restaurants, lunch rooms, etc. (lcsh), Signs and signboards (lcsh), Streets (lcsh)

Tags oai:digitallibrary.usc.edu:chs,OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Chinatown (city or populated place), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Marchessault & Alameda Street (roadways), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1933-11-01

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)

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2175

Identifier 35162 (accession number), CHS-35162 (call number), CHS-35162 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3108 (legacy record id), chs-m2175 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-2236 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3108

Unique identifier UC120478

Legacy Identifier CHS-35162.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.1 in × 12.6 in at 300dpi
46.0 cm × 32.0 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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