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Description
Photograph of a view of Broadway looking north from between 3rd and 4th Streets, ca.1927. Prominent buildings include the Grauman's Theater (at left), the Owl Drug Company (at left), United Cigars (at right) and Russell Hotel (at right). The sidewalks are packed with pedestrians. Automobiles and cable cars are traveling up and down the street as pedestrians try to make their way across them. Legible signs include: a movie advertisement the Grauman's Theatre "The Covered Wagon, six performances daily", "Edison building", "[...] & Street Store", "shoes", "Chamber of Commerce", "Hotel Russel", "Homeopathic pharmacy", "Wistaria", "bank open", "United, Tareyton cigarettes, 20 for 25¢", "July fourth".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegatives, b&w 21 x 26 cm., 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
Los Angeles--Streets--Broadway--3rd to 4th Streets Buildings Automobiles Stores, Retail Theaters Electric railroads Roadways
Time Period
circa 1927
Place
-118.24731,34.05073 -118.24705,34.05081 -118.24181,34.05665 -118.24715,34.05109 Bradbury Building Covered Wagon Grauman's The Owl Drug Company California Downtown Los Angeles Los Angeles South Broadway & West Third Street Fourth Street USA
Source
1-2-147 [Microfiche number] 9009 [Accession number] CHS-9009 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity] isla id: S-78 [Identifying number]
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