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Description
Photograph (streetscape, horizontal photography) of the intersection of Western Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard. Shops, autmobile traffic, street car rails, traffic officer in the middle of the street. Taft Public Market and Taft Market Building, Ben's Toggery. Back of photograph bears the caption, "Paisanos Are Rare Birds" Photo credit to Title Insurance and Trust Company, Los Angeles, Collection of Historical Photographs. Legible signs include: "[...] print shop", "Dixon Cafe, banquets, dinners, steaks, chops", "[... Pub]lic Market", "eat here", "Taft Public Market", "Harfen [...]", "Kelly Shoop, lawyers, suite 204", "slow, dangerous corner, caution", "Pacific Southwest [...]".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w 21 x 26 cm. transparencies photographs
Los Angeles--Streets--Western Avenue Streets Traffic congestion City traffic Automobiles Markets Taft Market Building Taft Market Dixon Cafe Roadways
Time Period
circa 1924
Place
-118.30829,34.09323 -118.30646,34.09072 -118.30827,34.08905 -118.31026,34.09071 Ben's Toggery Taft Market Building Taft Public Market California Hollywood Los Angeles USA Western Avenue Santa Monica Boulevard
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