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Title
Silverwoods store
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 193-?
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
The front of Silverwoods located in the art deco Wilshire Tower on Miracle Mile. A large sign on top of the store displays "Silverwoods, Hart Schaffner & Marx, clothes". The corner of the building is curved and has a large expanse of glass that covers two stories. The sign on the glass states "Silverwoods expand", "advance style shop of the West", "Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes for men & boys", "opening in the autumn". The bottom of the sign shows a medieval scene with the knights dressed in contemporary fabrics.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00059131
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
L.A.-Shops and stores-Department stores-Silverwoods.
CARL0000062681
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/104624
Subject
Silverwoods
Wilshire Tower (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Department stores--California--Los Angeles
Clothing stores--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments
Art deco (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles
Underwood, Gilbert Stanley

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