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Title
Three cyclists on the Cahuenga Pass, Los Angeles, ca.1897
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1897
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of three cyclists on the Cahuenga Pass, Los Angeles, ca.1897. The man to the right walks his bicycle on the unpaved road, looking at his companions riding a tandem bicycle to the left. One of the tandem cyclists has a briefcase of some kind strapped on his back. The terrain surrounding them is comprised entirely of grassy hills. Caption on photoprint reads: "Cahuenga Pass -- connecting Hollywood and San Fernando Valley -- as it was in 1897".
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : photonegatives, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm., 20 x 25 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m3368
USC-1-1-1-3440
USC-1-1-1-3442 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-6418
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m3368
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-6418.jpg
Subject
Express highways
Roads
Bicycles
Cycling
Los Angeles--Hollywood--Streets--Cahuenga Boulevard and Pass
Roadways
Time Period
circa 1897
Place
Cahuenga Pass
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-31-74 [Microfiche number]
6418 [Accession number]
CHS-6418 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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