and its driver in 1931, the year the delivery trucks made their debut. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll170/id/14834 … pic.twitter.com/1SPBvRWWbd via @USCdiglib
Miss Dorothy Dunbar, Beverly Hills, CA, 1926 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll170/id/24990 … via @USCdiglib
Spring Street, and 9th Street, #DTLA ca.1917 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/id/6052 … via @USCdiglib
Southern California, 1936 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll170/id/84698 … via @USCdiglib
amusement park, 1911 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15799coll44/id/90920/rec/1 via @USCdiglib
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Beginning in 1906, The North American Indian was a monumental, two decade project to document the lives, conditions, and cultures of Native Americans. These plates are from one of the first 200 sets of The North American Indian, and have been carefully prepared for printing.
Shown here: NEZ Perce Warrior, (The North American Indian, V. VIII. Norwood, MA: The Plimpton Press, 1911)
Browse galleries of more than 50,000 images available for purchase.
Shown here: Mock convention (Pepperdine College), 10 May 1952
Browse galleries of more than 50,000 images available for purchase.
Shown here: Miscellaneous, Bob Philippi & Wade Spence, Pacific Northwest, 1932
Browse and buy select plates from Edweard Muybridge’s Human and Animal Locomotion. Muybridge’s project marked the birth of moving pictures, and are considered to be equally relevant as examples of art, science, and innovation.
Shown here: 'Ruth' bucking and kicking (Animal Locomtion, 1887, Plate 659)
Browse and buy select plates from The Vedute, and The Carceri, and other works. The USC Libraires have begun digitizing plates from more than 20 bound folios of works by Piranesi, and we will continue to add new plates to this growing collection over the coming months.
Shown here: Disegno di due antiche cornici consimile, oggi stipiti della porta della chiesa detta la rotunda in Albano
Browse and buy select plates from the Atlas from Goethe's attack on Newton's Theory of Colors — “nebst einem Hefte mit sechzehn Kupfertafeln”. Published in 1810, Theory of Colors was Goethe’s exploration of how color and light affect human perception.
Shown here: Plate XV (Zur Farbenlehre. Tbingen, Germany: J.G. Cotta'Schen Buchhandlung, 1810)
The Asian Maps Collection brings together a range of graphic representations of East and Southeast Asia, its features, localities and history.
The Sea of Korea Map subcollection consists of original maps, dating from
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Sea of Korea Maps
Shown here: Asia: compendio di geographia
The Automobile Club of Southern California Collection provides documentation on the region's transportation history, especially Los Angeles from 1892 to 1963, from the Auto Club's Corporate Archives. The
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Automobile Club of Southern California engineering notebook photoprints, 1922-1941
Automobile Club of Southern California negatives, 1892-1963
Automobile Club of Southern California strip maps, 1912-1936
Shown here: Traffic at San Fernando Road and Fletcher Drive, Glendale, 1936
Charlotta A. Bass (1879-1969) had a multi-faceted career as a business person, journalist, activist and political candidate. Born in Sumter, South Carolina, she lived in Providence, Rhode Island
Shown here: Charlotta Bass at Samuel Hamilton's Christmas Party, circa 1951/1960, Los Angeles
Jerry Berndt Collection is a collection of 774 photographs shot by Jerry Berndt. These photographs were created under the auspices of Center of Religion and Civic Center(CRCC), USC. Jerry Berndt is an Amercian photojournalist based in
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Gateway Cities Photography Project
Soul of Los Angeles Collection
Orphans of the Rwanda Genocide: Portraits of Survival and Hope
Shown here: Woman in prayer holding hands with others, St. Thomas, Los Angeles, 1996
The purpose of this Biomechanics of Movement collection is to create a structure and a web based user interface for researchers and students to access and utilize video clips of human movements. This interactive digital archive resource provides a mechanism for
Shown here: A young male performing an internal shoulder rotation
The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region,
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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Shown here: Main front (south) of church at Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, California, ca.1899
The Chinese Historical Society of Southern California Collection documents artifacts systematically excavated from two sites in Southern California. The first site is represented by about 1,040
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Collection of artifacts excavated in 1992 from a Chinese laundry, Santa Barbara, dating from about 1885 to 1905
Collection of old Chinatown artifacts excavated in 1989-1991 from Union Station area, Los Angeles, dating from 1880 to 1933
Shown here: Tea cups
El Clamor Publico is available through a partnership with The Huntington Library, who generously allowed USC to digitize their complete holdings of this newspaper. Billed as Los Angeles' "Periodico Independiente y Literario," El Clamor Publico
Shown here: El Clamor Publico, vol. III, no. 15, Octubre 10 de 1857
The Dunbar Economic Development Corporation (Dunbar EDC) collection contains photographs and artifacts which document the Vernon-Central neighborhood of Los Angeles which is the
Shown here: A couple sitting together in a booth at the Last Word Club
The collection consists of more than 2,000 digitized 35mm slides of murals in Los Angeles photographed by Robin Dunitz. The murals date from 1925 to the early 2000s and were photographed by Dunitz in
Shown here: Arizona maravilla, Boyle Heights, 1993
This collection contains documentary ephemera on emerging nationalism in Portuguese Africa, collected by Ronald H. Chilcote in the course of research he did for his book, Emerging Nationalism in Portuguese Africa. Emphasis is on
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Mozambique Collection
Shown here: Um só fim: independência; uma só força: o povo; um só guia: frelimo
Organized by El Centro Chicano, the first Festival de Flor y Canto (Festival of flower and song), a three day literary festival that brought together dozens of Chicano novelists, poets, and short story writers on
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Festival de Flor y Canto, 1973: Films and Photographs
Shown here: Tomás Atencio, Frank Sifuentes, Alurista & Oscar Zeta Acosta, Los Angeles, 1973
In an effort to create the most advanced and comprehensive digital music archive in the world, the Gospel Music History Archive (GMHA) benefits greatly from the passion and expertise of its institutional partners.
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Daniel Walker (Riverside, CA)
Gospel Memorabilia International (Beverly Hills)
Indiana University (Bloomington) Archives of African American Music and Culture
Victory Baptist Church (Los Angeles) Archival Collection
Shown here: Pops Staples, 1992
The Greene and Greene Digital Archive contains images of drawings, architectural plans, rooms, furnishings, books, sketches, photographs, correspondence, and other historical documents
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Gamble House Greene and Greene Decorative Arts
USC's Huntington Archive Greene and Greene Decorative Arts
USC's Huntington Greene and Greene Archive
Shown here: Table lamp for den
This collection includes the Velero station log and Allan Hancock Foundation publications.
Shown here: Four new genera and ten new species of eels from the Pacific coast of tropical America
The International Mission Photography Archive offers historical images from Protestant and Catholic missionary collections in Britain, Norway, Germany, France, Switzerland, and
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Basel Mission
Bibliothèque du Défap
CSWC, University of Edinburgh
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Shown here: Chapel in Leuthongha
This collection includes lists of archaeological sites that have been surveyed or excavated since Israel occupied the West Bank and East Jerusalem in 1967. Since that time, the oversight of the of the
Shown here: Searchable map filtered by synagogue
This collection of photographs from the Hearst Collection of the Los Angeles Examiner in the USC Regional History Collection, documents the relocation of Japanese
Shown here: "Waiting to board a pullman"
The Herbert G. Klein papers contain detailed records of the day to day activities of Herbert G. Klein, University of Southern California alumnus and trustee, journalist, editor and first White House Director of
Shown here: Herbert G. Klein and staff examining a map of world destinations
The documentary record of the Korean experience in America remains dispersed and difficult to access. The Korean American Digital Archive brings more than 13,000 pages of documents, over 1,900 photographs, and about 180 sound files
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Korean American Archive Photograph Set
Documents of the KNA Building
Korean American Museum Oral History Series
Korean American Private Records
Shown here: Soon Bohk Hur and another woman in swimsuits, at beach
This collection contains materials from Americans who spent important parts of their lives in Korea.
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The Martin J. Bolhower Collection
The Reverend V.W. Peters Collection
The Reverend Corwin & Nellie Taylor Collection
Shown here: V.W. Peters, picture postcard, 1934.8.15, Honolulu, Hawaii, to Father and Mother, Rosemead, California, USA
In the first decade of the 21st century, the Haynes Foundation supported Martin Krieger and his collaborators’ photographic and aural documentation of Los Angeles in a series of grants. A portion of that
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Martin Krieger Collection
Shown here: Multi-dwelling units along Hayworth Avenue, Los Angeles, 2005
A as Subject is a research alliance dedicated to preserving and improving access to the archival material of Los Angeles history. Much of the city’s history is preserved in libraries, museums, and other cultural institutions.
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Wally G. Shidler Historical Collection of Southern California Ephemera
Shown here: Los Angeles Railway weekly pass, 1936-01-05
USC Libraries' exhibits since 1998 have often been at least partially documented through photographs. Most of the exhibits have taken place in Doheny Memorial Library whereas others
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Beyond the Tip of the Iceberg: The Discovery and Exploration of Antarctica. Doheny Memorial Library, Fall 2002
Black History Month Exhibit, Doheny Memorial Library, Spring 1999
Doheny Memorial Library: Heart of the University. Doheny Memorial Library, Fall 2001 - Spring 2002
Shown here: Links Social Club, ca. 1938
This collection contains selected documents digitized from the Los Angeles City Archives which relate to the early history of Los Angeles including land grants and maps.
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Untitled Records Series. Volume 1
Untitled Records Series. Volume 10
Shown here: Signature of Vicente Moraga, 1833
The Los Angeles Examiner Collection consists of approximately 1.4 million prints and negatives from the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper. It was a daily
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Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961
Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961
Shown here: Murder verdict (gas chamber), 1952
The Los Angeles Star (La Estrella de Los Angeles) is available through a partnership with The Huntington Library, who generously allowed USC to digitize their complete holdings of this newspaper. Established in
Shown here: Los Angeles Star, vol. 12, no. 7, June 27, 1857
The Los Angeles Union Station Collection documents the planning and construction of the historic landmark, as well as the battles that preceded its actual construction. A small portion of the collection
Shown here: Exhibit B. Union Passenger Terminal, set-back plaza stub plan, Los Angeles, Calif., 1933
Pedro Loureiro is an historian who has concentrated much of his research on pre-War Japanese espionage and relations with the United States. In the course of his research, he applied for
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Asiatic Fleet
Navy Intelligence
United States Marine Corps (USMC)
Naval Attaché Reports
Shown here: Naval Attaché (Peiping). Dispatches to the Office of Naval Intelligence, 1935
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives is the oldest active Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning (LGBTQ) organization in the United States and the largest repository of LGBTQ materials in the world
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Audio
Photographs
Periodicals
Shown here: Four men and a dog at swimmng party
The images in this collection were collected over the long career of Irving Rehman, Ph.D., who taught anatomy as a faculty member at the University of Southern California (USC) School of Medicine, at
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Dissection Atlas of Orthopaedic Surgical Anatomy
Rehman Teaching Slide Library
Rehman and Smith Color Atlas of Orthopaedic Surgical Anatomy
Shown here: Illustration of cutaneous veins & nerves of cubital fossa, retracted to show elbow joint capsule
The Pacific Rim Archive (PRIM) brings together archival materials relating to America's first century of involvement in and impressions of East Asia (broadly interpreted as including activities from the 1840s through the
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Alvin Coox Collection
Mark L. Moody Collection
Geoffrey C. Shepard Collection
Saidee Pettus Hoose Collection
Shown here: Alla Mae Simpson's Certificate of Service to YMCA
At different times and in different parts of the world, Pentecostal and charismatic expressions of Christianity have followed very different courses of development. A fuller contemporary account
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Center for African American Church History and Research, Dallas, Texas, USA
D.J. Young Heritage Foundation, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Donald Gee Centre, Mattersey Hall, UK
Shown here: S 21 fevralia Leningradodezhda snizila tseny na vse svoi tovary
Postcards depicting the homes and environs of some of the first families of Los Angeles as well as other locations.
Shown here: Fraser's Million Dollar Pier, Ocean Park, California
This collection contains complete and partial reproductions of books and manuscripts principally from the Special Collections of the USC Libraries. Subject areas cover a) fine arts, b) geography, c) history, d) language and literature, e) music and performing arts, f) philosophy and religion, and g) science.
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Geography
Fine Arts
Language and Literature
Music and Performing Arts
Shown here: Nude woman turning to ascend stairs
This collection consists of Russian satirical journals which were produced during the revolutionary upheaval of 1905-1907. The physical issues come from the collection of the Institute of Modern Russian Culture at
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Issues Collection
People Collection
Shown here: Pulemet, Special issue, December 3, 1905
The audio recordings in this collection -- recorded sociolinguistic interviews and conversations -- were collected by USC professor Carmen Silva-Corvalán. These materials provide an
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Children ages 4½-6 years
Covarrubias, Spain
East Los Angeles Mexican-American bilinguals
In the Fall of 2006 the USC Libraries began accepting electronic-only deposit of dissertations and theses. This on-line collection contains those electronic submissions. These have been deposited directly by
This collection contains publications, unpublished research, and presentations by faculty of the University of Southern California. These documents were previously deposited in USC's Institutional Repository, DSpace, before it was locally decomissioned in the Spring of 2010.
Shown here: Economic Considerations on the Use of Non-Invasive Imaging for Drug Discovery and Drug Monitoring, 2007
This collection contains selected documents digitized from the Los Angeles City Archives which relate to the early history of Los Angeles including land grants and maps.
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El Rodeo, 1898-
The Daily Trojan, 1912-
University Archives Audio & Video Collection -
University Archives Image Collection
Shown here: Daily Trojan, Vol. 139, No. 50, April 04, 2000
Andrew J. Viterbi is one of the most important of the group of scientists and entrepreneurs whose revolutionary and creative work in the late 20th century ushered in the digital age. His most famous discovery, the Viterbi Algorithm, is a
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Academic Files
Academic Affiliations
Business Plan
Biographical Information
Shown here: Maria Viterbi and son Andrew, undated. (photograph)
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted a land use survey from December 18, 1933 to May 8, 1939 for the city of Los Angeles, Department of City Planning. It covered approximately 460 square miles within the boundary
Shown here: WPA Land use survey map for the City of Los Angeles, book 9 (Pacific Palisades Area to Mines Field (Municipal Airport)), sheet 12
The Works Progress Administration Los Angeles Household Census Cards collection dates from 1939. The physical cards which number nearly half a million items are owned by the USC Libraries. More than a quarter of the collection has been digitized.
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WPA household census cards, Los Angeles, 1939
WPA household census employee records, Los Angeles, 1939
Shown here: WPA household census for 3968 INGLEWOOD BLVD, Los Angeles County
The "Dick" Whittington Studio was the largest and finest photography studio in the Los Angeles area from 1924 to 1987. Specializing in commercial photography, the Whittington Studio took photographs for nearly every major business and
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Getty -- Faces of LA, 1936-1958
Shown here: Home of M.A. Newmenk, 880 West Adams Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 1925
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