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 a view of American Avenue (later Long Beach Boulevard) looking west, Long Beach, ca.1924. Automobiles run up and down the two lanes arranged on either side of the streetcar tracks at the center of the road. To the right, two cars are paked diagonally in front of the H&H Flower Shop. To the right, the Grover and Jane's Drug store and soda shop can be seen below a set of billboards on the corner across the intersection, customers visible through the large windows. Legible signs from left to right include "Wm. Penn 5 cents. A Good Cigar", "The Times [...]", "Post Of[fice]", "Otto Berg's Bakery", "Clear Gas. 17 cents", "Elite Cafe", "Hires", "Floral Designs & Decorations", and "Say it with Flowers".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 10 x 16 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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