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Title
Marengo Street west from Cromwell Street before widening, July 1947
Date Created and/or Issued
1947-07-15
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 Marengo Street west from Cromwell Street before widening, July 1947. In the foreground at center, a narrow street can be seen with a large line down its middle. To the left and right of the street wooden sawhorses can be seen showing construction on the road. On the far left, the words "Street Closed, Griffith Company" can be seen painted on a sawhorse near an automobile. To the left of the street, a large store with a sign labeled "Drugs" is visible. To the right, a line of homes and trees can be seen. A line of utility poles runs parallel to the street on either side.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m665
USC-0-1-1-666 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-42133
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m665
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-42133.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Streets--Marengo Street
Streets
Pavements
Roadways
Time Period
1947-07-15
Place
California
Los Angeles
Marengo Street
Cromwell Street
USA
Source
42133 [Accession number]
CHS-42133 [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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