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Title
Exterior view of the Picworth Market located at Pico Boulevard and Hayworth Avenue, taken from across the street, ca.1940
Contributor
Foster & Kleiser
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1940
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 an exterior view or the Picworth Market located at Pico Boulevard and Hayworth Avenue, taken from across the street, ca.1940. This large light-colored art deco building can be seen at center with a large sign in front that reads, "Picworth Market" just above a striped awning that runs the length of the building. Along the sidewalk from left to right a scale, a woman walking a bicycle, a parked car in front of a street light, a second parked car, and at least three men can be seen.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
10 x 15 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m1349
USC-3-1-1-1395 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-33040
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m1349
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-33040.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Architecture--Commercial--Markets #3
Los Angeles--Architecture--Commercial--Markets--Picworth Market
Picworth Market
Stores, Retail
Supermarkets
Buildings
Time Period
circa 1940
Place
California
Los Angeles
Pico Boulevard and Hayworth Avenue
USA
Source
33040 [Accession number]
CHS-33040 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009
Provenance
Dick Whittington Photography

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