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Title
View of Hollywood Boulevard decorated as "Santa Claus Lane" at night, 1936
Creator
Sawyer Scenic Photos
Date Created and/or Issued
1936-12
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 Hollywood Boulevard decorated as "Santa Claus Lane" at night, 1936. The boulevard is pictured at center, streetcar tracks running at its middle, and automobiles parked along the curbs at left and right. Along the sidewalk, the street lamps are decorated with lights shaped like pine trees, topped by stars. Along the streetcar cables above, circular lights are hung. In the background, the Hotel Christie and the Hotel Roosevelt can be seen.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m3400
USC-0-1-1-3472 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-41661
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m3400
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-41661.jpg
Subject
Christmas
Christmas decorations
Los Angeles--Hollywood--Streets--Hollywood Boulevard
Roadways
Time Period
1936-12
Place
California
Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood
Los Angeles
USA
Source
41661 [Accession number]
CHS-41661 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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