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Title
Panoramic view of Los Angeles from Chamber of Commerce Building, March, 1927
Date Created and/or Issued
1927-03
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 panoramic view of Los Angeles from Chamber of Commerce Building, March, 1927. The intersection of two streets can be seen in the lower right foreground. A street can be seen running north, diagonally, on the right side of the photograph. A street car can be seen driving down the center of the street, as well as several early model automobiles. Numerous downtown buildings can be seen, extending into the distance. The silhouette of a mountain range can be seen on the horizon, north of the city. Several legible signs can be read as the following: "Printing Will A. Kistler Co. printers", "Auto livery autos for rent without drivers", "highest cash price paid for late cars", and "Federal trucks Ford Cars". Compares to CHS-37273.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w
20 x 25 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m30477 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-37336
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m30477
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-37336.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Building
Views
Buildings
Streets
Automobiles
Cable cars (Streetcars)
Cities
Time Period
1927-03
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
37336 [Accession number]
CHS-37336 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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