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 Broadway Boulevard, Los Angeles, [s.d.]. The street can be seen in the middle foreground, extending to a vanishing point at middle left. Numerous early model automobiles can be seen both driving and parked on the street. Many people can be seen walking on the sidewalks on the left and right sides of the street. A long row of tall buildings can be seen lining the right side of the street, and numerous awnings cover the entrances of shops at the street level. The fire escape of a nearby building can be seen in the left foreground. Legible signs include the following: "Isaacs Building", "Machin Shirt Co. high grade shirt makers 8th floor", "Hin[...]", "Marshall Field and Co. Chicago wholesale dry goods 8th floor", "Alexander Brick woolens entrance 745 So. Broadway", "Johnson Raas Co. wholesale millinery, 7th floor", "Alex L. Stewart sales agent millinery specialties Frank E. Gregory", "Shirts", and "Clayburgh Bros. Silks".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w 25 x 20 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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