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Image / Aerial view of Los Angeles showing Pershing Square and surrounding buildings, ca.1920-1929

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Title
Aerial view of Los Angeles showing Pershing Square and surrounding buildings, ca.1920-1929
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1920/1929
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 showing Pershing Square and surrounding buildings, ca.1920-1929. The rectangular park is visible at left and is surrounded by many tall buildings. The Biltmore Hotel is visible in the foreground at left, and a crowded parking lot can be seen behind the hotel. Many more tall buildings are visible at right as the city sprawls past the edges of the image.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m2725
USC-1-1-1-2789 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-41595
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2725
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-41595.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--General aerials--Undated (2 of 2)
Parks
Pershing Square
Buildings
Time Period
circa 1920/1929
Place
California
Hope & 6th Streets
Los Angeles
USA
Source
41595 [Accession number]
CHS-41595 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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