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Title
Lantern type street light used on Hollywood Boulevard between Cahuenga Avenue and Vermont, Los Angeles, 1924
Creator
Automobile Club of Southern California
Date Created and/or Issued
1924-02-14
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
Automobile Club of Southern California collection, 1892-1963
Rights Information
213-741-4486; http://www.calif.aaa.com
2601 South Figueroa Street, H-118, Los Angeles, CA 90007-3294, USA
Automobile Club of Southern California
yates.morgan@aaa-calif.com
Description
Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) of lantern type street light used on Hollywood Boulevard between Cahuenga Avenue and Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles. Lanterns supported on a bronze standard 20 feet to 22 feet in height. Standard set on concrete foundation flush with ground line. 47 lights to the mile. Photo taken at southwest corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Van Ness Avenue. Light fixture manufactured by the Union Metal Manufacturing Company of Canton, Ohio. Also visible are: street lights, sidewalk, palm trees, automobiles, utility poles and lines, pedestrian, fence, buildings in distance. No legible signs.
Type
image
Format
photographs
photographic prints
photoprint : b&w
14.5 x 8.5 cm.
Identifier
acsc-m192 [Legacy record ID]
AAA-EN-220-2
http://doi.org/10.25549/acsc-m192
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/AAA-EN-220-2.jpg
Subject
Trees
Automobiles
Street lighting
Roadways
Time Period
1924-02-14
Place
California
Hollywood Boulevard
Van Ness Avenue
Los Angeles
Source
Automobile Club of Southern California [Contributing entity]
Engineering Notebook. Los Angeles City. Book II. 220-2 [Call number]
Relation
Automobile Club of Southern California collection, 1892-1963
Automobile Club of Southern California engineering notebook photoprints, 1922-1941
acsc-m1249

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