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Description
Photograph of a view of Broadway looking north from Tenth Street (Olympic Boulevard), Los Angeles, ca.1929. Six people stand waiting in the foreground for the trolley car that is making its way to them from the distance down the street where automobiles are parking and driving and highrise buildings line either side, riddled with advertisements. Compares to: CHS-6330. Photograph shows Broadway ca.1890. Legible signs include: "Western Costume Company--the largest costume and theatrical supply house in the world", "Masquerade Costumes for All Occasions", "Ground Lease 99 Years / Phone Owner 593-201", "Red Crown Gasoline", "Keys Made While You Wait / Keys / Automobile Keys", "United Auto Park / Open Day and Night", "Go", "United Lunch", "United Artists", "See Mary Pickford in 'Coquette'", "Climbing the Golden Stairs", "Danse", "The White [...]", "Blackstone's", "Majestic", "Tally's", "Lowe's State", "Southern California Music Co.", "The New Orpheum Building / Joe Toplinzky Co., Agent", "Radio Supply Co. 912-14 S.Broadway", "System Auto Parks Inc.", "[...]-Kearney", "Southern California Gas Company", "Tumarkin's", "Original Creations / The Very Latest and Best at Half-Price", "E.J. Weston Beverage Supplies", "Malt / Hops" and "Rooms".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegatives, b&w 26 x 21 cm., 13 x 10 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
Los Angeles--Streets--Broadway--9th to Olympic Stores, Retail Theaters United Artists Theater Radio Supply Company Western Costume Company Roadways Cities
Time Period
1924/1934
Place
-118.25231,34.04535 -118.25633,34.04079 -118.25673,34.04053 -118.25658,34.04102 California Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles South Broadway & West Olympic Boulevard USA
Source
1-2-120 [Microfiche number] 7088 [Accession number] CHS-7088 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity] isla id: S-70 [Identifying number]
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