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Title
View of Van Nuys Boulevard looking north from Delano Street, Los Angeles, ca.1927
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
1927
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 a view of Van Nuys Boulevard looking north from Delano Street, Los Angeles, ca.1927. Utility poles stand at the center of the frame, with lanes of automobile traffic to either side of them, as well as streetcar rails embedded in the boulevard. Small commercial buildings line the street to either side, cars parked along the sidewalks. Legible signs include: "Studebaker Allington-French Co. Studebaker", "Buick", "Farms", "Soda Pool Cigars", "Nash Motor Cars", "Ford Fords [...] Sales Service", "Real Estate / Mark Grimes & Co.", and "Hotel".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegatives, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m4365
USC-1-1-1-4457 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-6805
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m4365
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-6805.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--San Fernando Valley--Van Nuys
Streets
Automobiles
Electric railroads--Rails
Roadways
Time Period
1927
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Van Nuys Boulevard at Delano Street
Van Nuys
Source
1-49- [Microfiche number]
6805 [Accession number]
CHS-6805 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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