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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of an exterior view of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, located at 7006 Hollywood Boulevard, March 1934. The twelve-story rectangular building can be seen in the background at center. It is a light-colored structure with large arch-shaped windows on its first two floors, and smaller rectangular windows on the others. Many shops can e seen along the sidewalk in front of the hotel, and several automobiles are visible along the curbs. A large sign bearing the name of the hotel can be seen on the roof of the building at right. Legible signs include, from left: "Chryson", "Costume Jewelry Bags", "Distinctive Gifts", "Stationery", "College Inn", "Philco", "Radios Rented", "Roosevelt Hotel", and "Curt Houck and his Catalina Casino Music".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, transparency, b&w 17 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) transparencies photographs
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