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Title
Exterior view of the Brown Derby Restaurant, Hollywood, ca.1938
Contributor
Conrich, Robert S. (donated 1983)
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1938
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 an exterior view of the Brown Derby Restaurant, Hollywood, ca.1938. The Derby is shown from the front, a long awning extending over the sidewalk that leads to its entrance. At right, a hat-shaped sign for the Derby is visible extending from the second story of a Spanish Revival-style building, below which a second sign reads "Hiram Walker's 'Canadian Club'". At left, an automobile is parked in front of the Eddie Cantor gift shop.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
10 x 13 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m3239
USC-0-1-1-3311 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-41634
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m3239
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-41634.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Hollywood--Architecture--Commercial
Restaurants, lunch rooms, etc
The Brown Derby Restaurant
Buildings
Time Period
circa 1938
Place
California
Hollywood
Los Angeles
USA
Vine Street
Source
41634 [Accession number]
CHS-41634 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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