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Title
Exterior view of the Whittier Public School, ca.1910
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1910
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 the exterior of the Whittier Public School, ca.1910. The school, which was built in 1889, is a two story building with wooden molding. There is a tower over the entrance, topped by a covered observation deck. There is a simple staircase leading to the front door, which is on the left side of the image. Flying on a flagpole near a chimney in the middle of the roof is an American flag. In the foreground, there is a large lawn with a variety of medium-sized trees. On the right is another small building and a basketball court.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m6780
USC-0-1-1-6894 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-10028.1
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m6780
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-10028.1.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles County--Whittier--Architecture--Schools
Schools
Community colleges
Universities and colleges
Whittier College
Educational facilities
Time Period
circa 1910
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Whittier
Source
1-58-17 [Microfiche number]
10028.1 [Accession number]
CHS-10028.1 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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