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Title
View of Los Angeles northwest from the Chamber of Commerce building, 1924
Date Created and/or Issued
1924
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
Phtotograph of a view of Los Angeles northwest from the Chamber of Commerce building, 1924. Many low rectangular buildings, most of which appear to be industrial structures, can be seen in the foreground. In the background, several larger buildings rise up on the horizon. One large building is under construction in the background at let. A small number of trees can be seen at left, while utility poles are visible among the buildings in the foreground.
Legible signs include, from left: "Law Engineeering Architecture", "Southwestern University", "Printing", "Will A. Kistler Co. Printers", and "Federal Ford Cars Trucks".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w
13 x 17 cm.
transparencies
photographs
Identifier
chs-m2891
USC-2-1-1-2962 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-35285
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2891
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-35285.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--General views--C of C (General)
Views
Buildings
Time Period
1924
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
35285 [Accession number]
CHS-35285 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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