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Title
View of construction on Van Nuys Boulevard in Van Nuys, showing train tracks and Virginia Street, February 1911
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
1911-02-09
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 view of construction on Van Nuys Boulevard in Van Nuys, showing train tracks and Virginia Street, February 1911. The lanes of Van Nuys Boulevard run through the center of the image, indicated by white stripes on the side of each unpaved lane. A rail car sits on train tracks that cross the image horizontally in the foreground, along with a group of barrels. Men stand near a horse-drawn cart in the left centerground, while an automobile sits to its right. Virginia Street is noted in the center background
several parallel streets can also be seen. Hills are visible in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m4374
USC-1-1-1-4466 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-31232
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m4374
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-31232.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--San Fernando Valley--Van Nuys
Streets
Building
Roadways
Time Period
1911-02-09
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Van Nuys Boulevard
Van Nuys
Source
1-49- [Microfiche number]
31232 [Accession number]
CHS-31232 [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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