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Title
Aerial view of Los Angeles looking north along Crenshaw Boulevard from Coliseum Street, 1940
Contributor
Prejza, Paul (donated 1978-03)
Date Created and/or Issued
1940
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 aerial view of Los Angeles looking north along Crenshaw Boulevard from Coliseum Street, 1940. Crenshaw can be seen at center and runs from the foreground to the background. It is perpendicularly intersected in several places by other large streets. In the foreground, large open fields are visible, with the only buildings appearing at left. In the background, hundreds of small houses can be seen on large blocks separated by a grid of streets. Incorrectly appears on microfiche as 32983. Photoprint reads: "This photograph is loaned to you. Please return to: Illustrator. L.A. City Planning Dept. Rm.361 F City Hall, Los Angeles, California".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m2816
USC-0-1-1-2886 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-32893
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2816
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-32893.jpg
Subject
Blue Bird Laundry
Laundries
Los Angeles--General views--Aerial (1940)
Cities
Time Period
1940
Place
California
Crenshaw Boulevard
Los Angeles
USA
Source
32893 [Accession number]
CHS-32893 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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