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 the northeast corner of in the intersection of Fifth and Broadway, 1926. In front of the Sun Drug Co building -- which is pictured at center -- there are several people on the sidewalk, two mailboxes, and a light post. There are two cars parked on the street. In the background on the right is a large building with lighted windows, while on the left is another large building with the advertisement for pianos covering the majority of its brick wall. Legible signs include "... J. Birkel Co. Steinway Weber Pianola Pianos", "Star Shoe Co.", "How can you dine without a stein of Budweiser Anheuser-Busch Inc. St. Louis Simon-Levi Co. Distributors", Weigel-Rixon Clothes Shops", "Upstairs Save", "Last Days", "Building Coming Down", "Closing out Sale Building Coming Down March 31st", "The Sun Drug Co" and "Dentist". Additional information: The Chester Williams building which rose on that corner has a construction date of 1926. It evidently opened in December 1926.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
Anheuser Busch Simon-Levi Company Birkel Company Star Shoe Company Sun Drug Company Weigel-Rixon Budweiser Los Angeles--Streets--Broadway--4th to 5th Streets Stores, Retail Cities
Time Period
1926
Place
34.048252, -118.250430 2PXX+8R Los Angeles, California California Downtown Los Angeles Los Angeles USA West 5th Street & South Broadway
Source
1-2-159 [Microfiche number] 9694 [Accession number] CHS-9694 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity] isla id: S-82 [Identifying number]
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