Exterior view of the Wilton & Cooper Dry Goods Company Building, January, 1927

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Photograph of an exterior view of the Wilton & Cooper Dry Goods Company Building, January, 1927. An angled view of a tall stone building sits in the center with windows covering the building. Two fire escapes are visible on the right while one is visible on the left. The main entrance to the building is on the left side with the company name printed above the triangular entrance. The ground floor has large decorative windows with pillars and circular tops. The street in front of the building is lined with darkly colored cars. Two dirt piles are visible at the bottom center on the paved street.

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Title Exterior view of the Wilton & Cooper Dry Goods Company Building, January, 1927

Subject buildings (adlf), Clothing and dress (lcsh), Clothing factories (lcsh), Clothing trade (lcsh), Clothing workers (lcsh), Commercial buildings (lcsh), Factories (lcsh), Fashion (lcsh), Industry -- Clothing (file heading), Wilton & Cooper Dry Goods Co. (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1927-01

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 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 1927-01

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-m8013

Identifier 45859 (accession number), CHS-45859 (call number), CHS-45859 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-8339 (legacy record id), chs-m8013 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-8144 (legacy record id), 84-1-1562 (microfiche number), USC (project), 4472 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 8339

Unique identifier UC125795

Legacy Identifier CHS-45859.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.4 in × 21.0 in at 300dpi
41.6 cm × 53.3 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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