California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Birdseye view of the opening of the causeway across Westlake Park in Los Angeles, [s.d.]

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Birdseye view of the opening of the causeway across Westlake Park in Los Angeles, [s.d.]

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Photograph of a birdseye view of the opening of the causeway across Westlake Park in Los Angeles, [s.d.]. The causeway goes from the foreground at right to the background at center and crosses a large lake. The lake is surrounded by large leafy trees and the water is calm a smooth. Several tall buildings, as well as many more trees, are visible in the background at left. A small number of people can be seen walking on the causeway. Westlake Park was later called McArthur Park.

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Title Birdseye view of the opening of the causeway across Westlake Park in Los Angeles, [s.d.]

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Subject Parks (lcsh), Parks (adlf), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

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

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-m22736

Identifier 49251 (accession number), CHS-49251 (call number), CHS-49251 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-22003 (legacy record id), chs-m22736 (legacy record id), USC (project), STRT-125 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 22003

Unique identifier UC125719

Legacy Identifier CHS-49251.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 29.5 in × 22.2 in at 300dpi
75.0 cm × 56.4 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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