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Title
Whittier Boulevard and the Union Pacific Railway grade separator looking east near Montebello, May 16, 1928
Date Created and/or Issued
1928-05-16
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 a view of Whittier Boulevard and the Union Pacific Railway grade separator looking east near Montebello, May 16, 1928. A paved road with a small concrete median can be seen from the right foreground into the left background. The road runs underneath a bridge which reads, "Union Pacific". A billboard at right reads, "Gay's Lion Far[...] El Monte", while a sign on the end of the street median reads, "Keep to right". Early automobiles are visible on the road towards the background, while utility poles are visible in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m23817 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-48305
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m23817
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-48305.jpg
Subject
Streets
Railroads--Track
Building
Bridges
Roadways
Time Period
1928-05-16
Place
California
Los Angeles
Montebello
USA
Whittier Boulevard
Source
48305 [Accession number]
CHS-48305 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: STRT-77 [Identifying number]

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