View of Lafayette Park (formerly Sunset Park), ca.1913

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Photograph of a view of Lafayette Park (formerly Sunset Park), ca.1913. At center, a wide swath of neatly trimmed grass is visible, benches visible under many of the trees positioned along the perimeter. In the foreground, a street lamp can be seen at right, along the edge of a narrow dirt path and hedgerow. Two high rise buildings can be seen in the background over the tree tops of the park.

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Title View of Lafayette Park (formerly Sunset Park), ca.1913

Subject Apartment houses (lcsh), Lafayette Park (formerly Sunset Park) (subject), Los Angeles -- Parks -- Lafayette Park (formerly Sunset Park) (file heading), Parks (adlf), Parks (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1913

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)

Date Created 1913

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m18148

Identifier 44398 (accession number), CHS-44398 (call number), CHS-44398 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-18154 (legacy record id), chs-m18148 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-3715 (legacy record id), USC (project), 149 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 18154

Unique identifier UC113571

Legacy Identifier CHS-44398.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.8 in × 14.9 in at 300dpi
47.8 cm × 37.9 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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