American Studies Research Guide
Collection by USC Digital Library
This board was created for use on the USC Libraries’ American Studies and Ethnicity Research Guide to showcase some of the unique images and collections available in USC’s Digital Library. To view the research guide go to: http://libguides.usc.edu/americanstudiesethnicity
Offices in Harris building, Vocational Training Institute, Southern California, 1932
3 photographs of women and men working in offices, Southern California, 1932. "Subject: offices in Harris b[ui]ld[in]g
Skyence Over Skill, advertising Great Western balloon mail delivery, 1859 :: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Advertising car from Reno, Southern California, 1930 ::
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Facsimile of advertisement for the town of Girard, California, ca.1920s :: Library Exhibits Collection
Filming a western movie on the Front Lot Stage at Universal City, ca. 1915 :: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Southern Pacific Railway advertisement, equating railroad routes with the travels of frontiersman Kit Carson, ca.1930 :: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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Lithograph describing the prophecy of Old Mother Shipton, after 1828 :: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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First program of the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, December 1894 :: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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Advertisement for Mercury Aviation Company, located at DeMille Field, ca.1925 :: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Miss Bay Beach Beauty Contest, 1954 :: Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961
June is dairy month No. 4, Los Angeles, ca. 1964 :: Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research
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Drawn Southenr Pacific Railway advertisement entitled
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Examiner cartoons (dont's for school children), 1951 :: Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961
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