Man borrowing a book from the Los Angeles Public Library in the park, [s.d.]

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Photograph of a man borrowing a book from the Los Angeles Public Library in the park, [s.d.]. A man wearing a suit can be seen looking at a book in front of a cart full of books at center. A sign at the bottom of the cart reads, "FREE Read in the Park 10-3 daily". Two men can be seen seated on a bench to the right of a table with an umbrella attached to it. Books can be seen on the table. A sign at left reads, "Los Angeles Public Library. Borrow A Book To Read In The Park". Trees can be seen at right and in the background, while other people can be seen walking in the background.

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Title Man borrowing a book from the Los Angeles Public Library in the park, [s.d.]

Subject Libraries (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Public Buildings -- Libraries (file heading), Los Angeles Public Library (subject), Parks (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 630 West 5th Street (roadway), California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

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)

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-m18131

Identifier 36230 (accession number), CHS-36230 (call number), CHS-36230 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-18138 (legacy record id), chs-m18131 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 18138

Unique identifier UC113446

Legacy Identifier CHS-36230.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.7 in × 13.4 in at 300dpi
42.4 cm × 34.2 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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