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Title
View of Western Avenue, north from Pico Street, ca.1922
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1922
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 Western Avenue, north from Pico Street, ca.1922. On the street, there is light vehicle traffic with almost no pedestiran traffic. Billboard signs can be seen along the street advertising versious business from gasoline to real estate. Utility poles line the street. Legible signs include: "Red Crown Gasoline, 13", @Allen & Sea[...] real estate", "Mason [...] Sept. 9, Spice of 1929".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, transparency, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
transparencies
photographs
Identifier
chs-m391
USC-1-1-1-389 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-8643
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m391
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-8643.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Streets--Western Avenue
Streets
Traffic congestion
City traffic
Automobiles
Roadways
Time Period
circa 1922
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Western Street
Pico Boulevard
Source
1-11-11 [Microfiche number]
8643 [Accession number]
CHS-8643 [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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