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Title
An automobile camp in Southern California, ca.1930
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1930
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 an automobile camp in Southern California, ca.1930. To the left of the center, the back view of an automobile is visible and a tent is observable standing to its left. Behind it, in the left background, additional automobiles and tents can be seen next to a few trees. Small bushes and trees are visible in the foreground along a paved road.
A sign can be seen standing on the corner of a sidewalk which reads: "Sycamore Grove", "Free camping grounds for motorists", "City of Los Angeles", and "Auto Club So Cal".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m10897
USC-2-1-1-11048 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-42670
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m10897
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-42670.jpg
Subject
Camping
Automobiles
Tents
Recreation--Camping
Roadways
Time Period
circa 1930
Place
California
USA
Source
42670 [Accession number]
84-1-197 [Microfiche number]
CHS-42670 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
See also similar image that shows two men at left of same area, call number CHS-42671
USC
chs-m825

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