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Title
Birds eye view of downtown Los Angeles
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 a birds eye view of downtown Los Angeles, [s.d.]. Numerous buildings can be seen in downtown from this elevated perspective. The intersection of Broadway and 11th Streets can be seen in the right foreground, with Broadway Boulevard extending north to a vanishing point on the horizon, at right. The silhouette of mountains can be seen on the horizon, behind downtown Los Angeles.
Legible signs include the following: "Law engineering architecture", "Printing", "Will A. Kistler Co. Printers", "Highest cash price paid for used cars", "[...]ding Machine Company", "Leroy C. Bishop", "Federal Trucks Ford cars", "Auto livery autos for rent without drivers", "Q and H service", "Daynes-Beebe Music Co. pianos players".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m30476 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-37335
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m30476
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-37335.jpg
Subject
Streets
Automobiles
Buildings
Views
Cities
Place
Broadway Boulevard
11th Street
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
37335 [Accession number]
CHS-37335 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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