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Title
View of Wilshire Boulevard looking west from Figueroa Street, after widening and paving, 1934
Contributor
Los Angeles Department of Public Works
Date Created and/or Issued
1934-12-06
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 a view of Wilshire Boulevard looking west from Figueroa Street, after widening and paving, 1934. At center, Wilshire can be seen, a line up its center separating the two lanes. Automobiles are parked to either side along the sidewalks. Pedestrians can be seen to the left, standing on the corner. The Rex Arms Hotel can be seen at right behind a procession of billboards.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
12 x 18 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m466
USC-0-1-1-463 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-42207
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m466
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-42207.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Streets--Wilshire Boulevard (1 of 3)
Streets--Maintenance and repair
Roadways
Time Period
1934-12-06
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Wilshire Boulevard
Figueroa Street
Source
1-12-62 [Microfiche number]
42207 [Accession number]
CHS-42207 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: F-4799 [Identifying number]
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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