California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

View of the State Building, First Street & Broadway, 1938

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View of the State Building, First Street & Broadway, 1938

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Photograph of a view of the State Building, First Street & Broadway, 1938. A nine-story brick Art Deco building is pictured at center, skewed slightly into the left background. Three tall entranceways stand side by side at its front, before which a mound of dirt is visible, the steps apparently under construction.

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Title View of the State Building, First Street & Broadway, 1938

Subject Building (lcsh), buildings (adlf), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Public Buildings -- State building (file heading), Public buildings (lcsh), State Building (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Broadway (roadway), California (states), First Street (roadway), 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-m18143

Identifier 37074 (accession number), CHS-37074 (call number), CHS-37074 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-18149 (legacy record id), chs-m18143 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 18149

Unique identifier UC113418

Legacy Identifier CHS-37074.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.4 in × 13.2 in at 300dpi
46.7 cm × 33.5 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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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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