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 panoramic view of Hollywood looking northwest from Santa Monica Boulevard and Highland Avenue, ca.1929. The crossroads stands in the foreground to the right, industrial buildings and lots surrounding it, with residential blocks full of one-story houses comprising the rest of the frame. Mountains are visible in the background. Legible signs include: "Hollywood Building Material Exhibit", "Union Oil Company", "Milton Motor Service / Genral Auto Repairing", "Frozen Steam", "Auto Show / Shrine [...] Now / Jefferson [...] Royal", "Richfield", "Singer Midgets", "Hollywood Cornice & Heating Co.", "Acme Hardwood Co. / Hardwood Floors", and "Home Ice Co. of Los Angeles".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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