Title supplied by cataloger. This segment of Sunset Boulevard was renamed Ce´sar E. Cha´vez Avenue in 1994. Looking east from just west of where Sunset Boulevard (center) crosses New High (left, not visible) and N. Spring streets (right), showing a policeman directing traffic. Also seen are various stores, O Sole Mio Italian restaurant, a Seagram's billboard, the gas holders (gasometers) of the Los Angeles Gas Company, the tower of Union Station (upper right), a Standard Oil Co. service station (right) and a restaurant (far right). Photograph dated October 25, 1949.
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image
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1 negative :safety ;13 x 18 cm. Photographic safety negatives
Standard Oil Company Los Angeles Gas Company Seagram Company Union Passenger Terminal (Los Angeles, Calif.) Streets--California--Los Angeles Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Gasholders Advertising--Alcoholic beverages--California--Los Angeles Service stations--California--Los Angeles Police--California--Los Angeles Restaurants--California--Los Angeles Stores & shops--California--Los Angeles Railroad stations--California--Los Angeles Street-railroad tracks--California--Los Angeles Stop signs--California--Los Angeles Electric lines--Poles and towers Signs and signboards--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles Sunset Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) New High Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Spring Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Photographers Collection photographs Blackstock Collection photographs Cityscape photographs
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