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Title
Close-up of a crowded sidewalk outside of a theater on Broadway near 7th Street, Los Angeles, March 1, 1942
Date Created and/or Issued
1942-03-01
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 close-up of a crowded sidewalk outside of a theater on Broadway near 7th Street, Los Angeles, March 1, 1942. Women wearing suit-style dresses and men wearing suits and hats can be seen congregating in front of the theater. Most of the people are visible from behind, except for two women in the foreground. A poster at right depicts a man in uniform looking at a woman in an elegant dress. Legible posters include, "Montgomery. Ohara. Sutton", "[...]nse [...]tamps", "[...] from West Point", "[...] Man", "[...] Foster. Lynn Bari", "Montgomery. Ohara. [...] From West Point". Photo By Foster + Kleiser. Luther Curtis, Photographer. Gift: Foster + Kleiser, 1979.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m141
USC-0-1-1-145 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-42087
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m141
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-42087.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Streets--Broadway--7th to 8th
Theaters
Performance sites
Time Period
1942-03-01
Place
Broadway
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
42087 [Accession number]
CHS-42087 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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