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Title
People looking at a diorama depicting Los Angeles County
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 people looking at a diorama depicting Los Angeles County, [s.d.]. The display can be seen at left and contains dozens of scale-model buildings in front of apaintings of mountains. Spanish-style towers flank the diorama, while a terracotta tile roof can be see over it. Several plants can be seen in front of the towers. Baskets of fruit are visible in front of the diorama. A wooden railing can be seen in front of the diorama. A group of men, women, and children can be seen behind the railing, looking at the models. Several signs identify the model as "Los Angeles County California".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m30194 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-37283
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m30194
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-37283.jpg
Subject
Exhibitions
Exhibit booths
Miniature objects
Crowds
Buildings
Place
USA
Source
37283 [Accession number]
CHS-37283 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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