California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Westward view of Los Angeles from the roof of the Chamber of Commerce building, 1927

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Westward view of Los Angeles from the roof of the Chamber of Commerce building, 1927

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Photograph of a westward view of Los Angeles from the roof of the Chamber of Commerce building, 1927. Broadway can be seen at center and is lined with tall, rectangular buildings. In the foreground, the roof of the Los Angeles Examiner building is visible. An American flag flies from a pole on the roof of another building at center. Streetcars and early-model automobiles can be seen on Broadway at center.; Legible signs include, from left: "Belasco Theatre", "Western Pacific Building 1031 S. Broadway", "Rives Strong Building", and "Examiner".

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Title Westward view of Los Angeles from the roof of the Chamber of Commerce building, 1927

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1927

Subject buildings (lcsh), roadways (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1927

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-m22711

Identifier 49234 (accession number), CHS-49234 (call number), CHS-49234 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-21961 (legacy record id), chs-m22711 (legacy record id), USC (project), STRT-108 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 21961

Unique identifier UC124951

Legacy Identifier CHS-49234.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 29.4 in × 22.6 in at 300dpi
74.6 cm × 57.6 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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