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Title
Los Angeles Civic Center looking north-east from Olive and First streets toward the west face of City Hall, showing Bunker Hill at left, ca.1940-1949
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1940/1949
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 Los Angeles Civic Center looking north-east from Olive and First streets toward the west face of the City Hall, showing Bunker Hill at left, ca.1940-1949. The tree-spotted Bunker Hill stands in the left foreground with a full parking lot at its foot
the lot is located on the north-east corner of the intersection of Hill Street and First Street. Temple Street lies on the right continuing to the background. The tall Civic Center stands behind the hill and to the left of the street with its tall tower at center. The large building to the right of the City Hall is the old California State Building. The old Hall of Records can be seen to the left of the City Hall. More of the cityscape can be seen in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
20 x 25 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m2883
USC-2-1-1-2954 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-36719
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2883
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-36719.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--General views--C of C (City Hall, Pershing Square)
Los Angeles City Hall
Views
Buildings
Time Period
circa 1940/1949
Place
Bunker Hill
Los Angeles
California
Temple Street
Olive Street
First Street
Hill Street
USA
Source
36719 [Accession number]
CHS-36719 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
USC
chs-m825

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