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Description
Photograph of the exterior of the Bullock's Department Store on Wilshire Boulevard, taken from down the street, ca.1936. This famous five-story art deco building, with its two-hundred and forty-one foot tower and penthouse accented with verdigris copper, is visible at center. To the left, at least ten cars are driving down Wilshire Boulevard. On the sidewalk at left, a man can be seen walking into the foreground. Four street lights are visible and extend in a row toward a group of buildings in the distance. On the far right, two women are walking down the sidewalk toward the Bullock's building, past what appears to be a billboard with the words "The Gillett...".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
Bullocks Wilshire Department Store Los Angeles--Architecture--Commercial--Stores (1 of 2) Retail trade Department stores Buildings
Time Period
circa 1936
Place
-118.34528,34.06247 -118.34517,34.06229 -118.34527,34.0621 -118.34544,34.06229 3050 Wilshire Boulevard California Los Angeles Mid-City Sontag Cut Rate Drug Store USA
Source
33045 [Accession number] CHS-33055; CHS-33045 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity] isla id: S-4592 [Identifying number]
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