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Title
Aerial view of Los Angeles, looking northeast from the intersection of Fairfax and Wilshire Boulevard, 1952
Creator
Spence Air Photo
Date Created and/or Issued
1952-08-27
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 an aerial view of Los Angeles, looking northeast from the intersection of Fairfax and Wilshire Boulevard, 1952. The photograph is from a very high altitude and shows a very large area. Venice Boulevard can be seen at right, while a collection of large buildings is visible at left. Thousands of small structures can be seen throughout the area, separated by numerous large streets. In the background at left, the tops of several tall hills can be seen over a low fog bank. Photoprint reads: "Do not publish or reprdoce without permission, Spence Air Photos, 3614 W. Pico, Los Angeles 6, Cal., RE 2-3055".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m2830
USC-0-1-1-2900 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-32897
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2830
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-32897.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--General views--Aerial (1950)
Views
Cities
Time Period
1952-08-27
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Wilshire Boulevard
Fairfax Avenue
Venice Boulevard
Source
32897 [Accession number]
CHS-32897 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: E 19B-65 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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