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Title
View of the 5400 block of Wilshire Boulevard showing a tall building and several automobiles, ca.1950-1959
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1950/1959
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 the 5400 block of Wilshire Boulevard showing a tall building and several automobiles, ca.1950-1959. At center is a long two-story building with a wide eight-story tower protruding from the middle. A wide variety of shops can be seen on the lower floors of the building. In the foreground is Wilshire Boulevard, and several cars can be seen, including one turning left at right. Legible signs include, from left to right, "Myer Siegel", "c.h. baker", "Stationers", and "Harris and Frank".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
26 x 21 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m477
USC-0-1-1-474 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-33242
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m477
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-33242.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Streets--Wilshire Boulevard (1 of 3)
Myer & Siegel and Company
Streets
Buildings
Time Period
circa 1950/1959
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Wilshire Boulevard
Source
33242 [Accession number]
85-3-15 [Microfiche number]
CHS-33242 [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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