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Title
View of the Arch Bend Road section of Pacific Coast Highway in Laguna Beach, ca.1952
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1952
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 the Arch Bend Road section of Pacific Coast Highway in Laguna Beach, ca.1952. The four-lane highway runs from the foreground at left into the distance at right. It is lined with an assortment of small buildings, including houses, restaurants, and shops. Many automobiles can be seen on the road or parked in lots nearby. The ocean can be seen at left, and a tall mountain tapers quickly toward the water from right. At the base of the mountain, many buildings are visible.
Legible signs include, from left to right, "Launderette 30 Minute Wash Parking", "The Flats Mexican Food", "Coca Cola", "Sleepy Hollow Mkt", and "Used Cars John Weld Bought Sold".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m7740
USC-0-1-1-7870 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-14552
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m7740
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-14552.jpg
Subject
Orange County--Laguna Beach
Streets
Beaches
Views
Roadways
Time Period
circa 1952
Place
California
Laguna Beach
Orange
Pacific Coast Highway
USA
Source
14552 [Accession number]
CHS-14552 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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