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Title
Wilshire Boulevard, looking west from Lucas Street
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection;
Date Created and/or Issued
1936
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
View is of Wilshire Boulevard, looking west from Lucas Street. The pavement has been lifted and construction has begun on this stretch, as seen by the mounds of dirt. Several businesses, including Good Samaritan Hospital (right), hotels and/or apartment houses are visible on either side of the street. Photograph dated October 1, 1936.; One of two photographs documenting the site. For an earlier view, see image #00092830.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;13 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00092831
Los Angeles Photographers Collection;
GPC_b27_f2_i23.2
CARL0004997036
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/116181
Subject
Good Samaritan Hospital (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Streets--California--Los Angeles
Road construction--California--Los Angeles
Building sites--California--Los Angeles
Construction and demolition debris--California--Los Angeles
Apartment hotels--California--Los Angeles
Apartment houses--California--Los Angeles
Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles
Hospitals--California--Los Angeles
Hotels--California--Los Angeles
Dwellings--California--Los Angeles
Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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