California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Exterior view of the Western Soap and Chemical building on the corner of Loma Vista Avenue and Forty-eighth Street in Vernon, [s.d.]

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Exterior view of the Western Soap and Chemical building on the corner of Loma Vista Avenue and Forty-eighth Street in Vernon, [s.d.]

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Photograph of an exterior view of the Western Soap and Chemical building on the corner of Loma Vista Avenue and Forty-eighth Street in Vernon, [s.d.]. The brick warehouse building, part of the Central Manufacturing District, can be seen on a street corner at center. It is a one-story structure with large rectangular windows visible along its entire length. A wooden door can be seen near the corner of the building at center. Two early-model automobiles are parked at left. A dirt road intersects the two larger paved roads in the foreground at right. Utility poles can be seen along the sidewalks.

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Title Exterior view of the Western Soap and Chemical building on the corner of Loma Vista Avenue and Forty-eighth Street in Vernon, [s.d.]

Subject buildings (adlf), buildings (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Central Manufacturing District (uncataloged) (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), East 48th Street and Loma Vista Avenue (roadway), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries), Vernon (city or populated place)

Type images

Format 3 photographs : photonegative, transparency, photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 17 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat), transparencies (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

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-m18159

Identifier 35138 (accession number), CHS-35138 (call number), CHS-35138 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-18162 (legacy record id), chs-m18159 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 18162

Unique identifier UC113432

Legacy Identifier CHS-35138.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.9 in × 12.8 in at 300dpi
45.6 cm × 32.7 cm at 300dpi

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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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