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Birdseye view of buildings on the side of a hill and street-cars in San Francisco, 1930
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Birdseye view of buildings on the side of a hill and street-cars in San Francisco, 1930
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Description
Photograph of a birdseye view of buildings on the side of a hill and street-cars in San Francisco, 1930. A multiple-story building is visible in the left foreground. Signs can be seen on the building reading, "Every Stitch Guaranteed!! Can't Bust 'Em. Something to Crow About", "Kun Brothers", "Tops H.H. Standish Tops", "Mission Auto Electric Co.", and "Automobile Electronics. Batteries". A road with a street-car on it is visible to the right of the building, while a second road intersects the first toward center. A sign reading, "Pre-Inventory Sale" can be seen on a building at center, while a second street-car is visible on the road in front of the building. Other multiple-story buildings and homes are visible on a hill in the background. A portion of the hill is uninhabited in the left background.
Asset Metadata
Title
Birdseye view of buildings on the side of a hill and street-cars in San Francisco, 1930
Subject
cities
(adlf),
Cities and towns
(lcsh),
San Francisco County -- General views
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
San Francisco
(city or populated place),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1930
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 12 x 17 cm.
(aacr2),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection)
Date Created
1930
Contributor
Foster and Kleiser (donated 1979-02-01)
(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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m8872
Identifier
43259 (
accession number
), CHS-43259 (
call number
), CHS-43259 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-9232 (
legacy record id
), chs-m8872 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-9006 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
9232
Unique identifier
UC138778
Legacy Identifier
CHS-43259.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
18.6 in × 13.0 in at 300dpi
47.3 cm × 33.1 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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