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 birdseye view of Figueroa Street at Wilshire Boulevard before the extension of Wilshire, ca.1931. In the foreground, several small warehouse-type building are visible. In the background, the skyline is dominated by large, multistory buildings with scores of rectangular windows. Many early automobiles can be seen on a paved road in the foreground. Utility poles are visible in several places throughout the image. Compares to USC-0-1-1-471, an image after the improvement. Legible signs include, from left, "Covey's U Drive", "Pacific Finance Building", and "Colonial Cafeteria".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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