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Title
The Metropolitan Building on the northwest corner of Fifth Street and Broadway
Creator
Dick Whittington Studio
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1920/1939
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
"Dick" Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987
Rights Information
Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
For uses other than private, contact USC Libraries Special Collections at the e-mail given
USC Libraries Special Collections
specol@usc.edu
Description
The Metropolitan Building on the northwest corner of Fifth Street and Broadway. A sign for The Owl Drug Company is visible on the left and right sides of the building. A sign for Dodge Clothes is prominant on the front of the building. The streetcar is shown on the right side of the picture. The Pershing Square Building can be seen off to the far left.
Streetscape. Horizontal photography.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
whit-m1952
DW-87-157-2-ISLA
http://doi.org/10.25549/whit-m1952
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/DW-87-157-2-ISLA.jpg
Subject
Streetcar
Time Period
circa 1920/1939
Place
315 West 5th Street
Broadway
34.048446,-118.251033
California
California, Southern
Downtown Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Metropolitan Building
Pershing Square Building
Owl Drug Company
Dodge Clothes
USA
Source
DW-87-157-2 [Call Number]
University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
isla id: S-2981; isla id: 2667 [Identifying Number]
Relation
Dick" Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987
whit-m1

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