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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a view of Broadway looking south from Eighth Street from the east side, Los Angeles, 1928. The Tower Theatre stands at the end of the street to the left, its clock tower reading approximately thirty-nine minutes after two o'clock, behind which the Southern California Music Company building, Wurlitzer building, Platt Music Company building and the New Orpheum can be seen, respectively. Automobiles, pedestrians and a cable-car navigate the street to the right. The marquee of the Tower reads "Glorious Betsy / A Talking Picture / Dolores Costello Glorious Betsy / Burtnetss Orchestra" and "Harold Lloyd in Speedy". Other legible signs include from left to right: "Comet's", "Orange Drink", "Pianos [...] 20-50%", "Baldwin", "[F]ederal Outfitting", "Coca-Cola", "Gas", "Sunday", and "We Sell Homes Payable Like Rent".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 13 x 10 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
Los Angeles--Streets--Broadway--8th to 9th Stores, Retail Theaters Tower Theater Platt Music Company Broadway Cities Buildings Roadways
Time Period
1928
Place
-118.25374,34.04382 -118.25369,34.04364 -118.25671,34.04053 -118.25397,34.04375 California Downtown Los Angeles Los Angeles South Broadway & West 8th Street USA
Source
1-2-113 [Microfiche number] 6967 [Accession number] CHS-6967 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity] isla id: S-66 [Identifying number]
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