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 Wilshire Boulevard at Kip Street, looking east toward downtown, showing road widening and improvement, December 1934. Wilshire Boulevard is bordered by piles of dirt in the foreground, while its dirt lanes are occupied by construction equipment and Department of Public Works workers. Men stand on the dirt in the right foreground, near a sign on a wooden fence that reads "Slow. Danger". Automobiles are parked in a lot in the left centerground, while another lot is advertized by a sign reading "Entrance. Auto Park. All Day. 10 Cents" in the right centerground. Many commercial buildings are visible in the background, including highrises and the "Paul G. Hoffman Co. Inc. [?] Service".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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