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Title
Man painting a model of the Los Angeles Civic Center, ca.1940
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 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 a man painting a model of the Los Angeles Civic Center, ca.1940. The man is at center and is wearing a long-sleeved shirt and glasses. He is reaching forward and painting the top of a model of the Hall of Records building. Also visible are the Hall of Justice and City Hall. The model extends across the entire images and incorporates much of the area around the civic center, including many houses and small buildings. In the background, rolled up maps can be seen on a wooden table.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m4006
USC-0-1-1-4096 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-33218
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m4006
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-33218.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Department of Public Works--Models and drawings
Models and modelmaking
Painting
Buildings
Time Period
circa 1940
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
33218 [Accession number]
CHS-33218 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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