Dirt road approaching the California Botanic Gardens, September 1928

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Photograph of a dirt road approaching the California Botanic Gardens, September 1928. A road curves from the center foreground to the right and then into the left distance. Electrical poles line its right side. An ovular sign that reads "California Botanic Gardens" stands at right with flowers and trees behind it. Tall weeds line the empty field at left. Grassy hills stand across the background.

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Title Dirt road approaching the California Botanic Gardens, September 1928

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1928-09

Subject California Botanic Gardens (subject), Gardens (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Parks -- California Botanic Gardens (file heading), Parks (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1928-09

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), 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-m18479

Identifier 36860 (accession number), CHS-36860 (call number), CHS-36860 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-18418 (legacy record id), chs-m18479 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 18418

Unique identifier UC113718

Legacy Identifier CHS-36860.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 23.4 in × 16.6 in at 300dpi
59.4 cm × 42.4 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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