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Title
View of Hollywood Boulevard, looking west from Western Avenue, Los Angeles, 1951
Contributor
Foster & Kleiser
Date Created and/or Issued
1951
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, looking west from Western Avenue, Los Angeles, 1951. Hollywood runs from the foreground to the background at center and is intersected by Western in the foreground. Many automobiles can be seen traveling down the paved road, while more can be seen parked along the curbs. A streetcar is visible in the middle of the street. Small retail buildings line the street at right, while taller buildings are visible at left.
Legible signs include, from left: "St. Francis Hotel", "Mission", "Liquor", and "Soap".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
13 x 17 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m3404
USC-0-1-1-3476 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-32969
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m3404
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-32969.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Hollywood--Streets--Hollywood Boulevard
Streets
Views
Roadways
Time Period
1951
Place
California
Hollywood Boulevard
Western Avenue
Hollywood
Los Angeles
USA
Source
32969 [Accession number]
CHS-32969 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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