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Title
Aerial view of Los Angeles and surrounding vicinity, looking north
Alternative Title
Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Photo Collection
Creator
Kelly, Howard D
Contributor
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
Date Created and/or Issued
1956
Publication Information
Kelly-Holiday
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Aerial view of Los Angeles and surrounding vicinity; view is looking north. Some identifiable areas include: Hollywood (101) Freeway, bottom middle to middle left; Melrose Avenue, horizontally at bottom; Los Angeles City College, lower right at intersection of Santa Monica and Vermont; Santa Monica Boulevard, horizontally, lower middle; Sunset Boulevard, horizontally mid-photo; Barnsdale Park, right of center at intersection of Sunset and Vermont; Hollywood Boulevard, horizontally above Barnsdale Park; Los Feliz Boulevard, horizontally, just below the mountain; Griffith Observatory, upper center; Griffith Park (mountains), top; Sunset Boulevard/Hollywood Boulevard, diagonally middle right; Vermont Avenue, vertically lower right to upper right; Normandie Avenue, vertically lower center to upper center; Western Avenue, vertically lower left to upper left; Golden State (5) Freeway and Los Angeles River, upper right corner. Photograph dated November 14, 1956.
Type
image
Format
1 negative :safety ;12 x 14 cm.
Photographic safety negatives
Identifier
00089697
Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Collection
GPC_b23_f3_i11 (Photographic print); KHAF 317-18
CARL0004961018
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/5324
Subject
Griffith Observatory
Los Angeles City College
Express highways--California--Los Angeles
College campuses--California--Los Angeles
College buildings--California--Los Angeles
Streets--California--Los Angeles
Rivers--California--Los Angeles
Parks--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Aerial views
Barnsdall Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Griffith Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
East Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
United States Highway 101
Los Angeles River (Calif.)
Interstate 5
Aerial photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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