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
Photographs of a view of Los Angeles Street and 8th Street, Los Angeles, 1924. A traffic officer, standing on a small platform, directs traffic at the center of the intersection. Cars are passing by in both directions of the street as a man tries to cross the street. A sign in the foreground reads: "keep to right". Majority of the buildings along the street are over three-stories tall. Ads on buildings can be seen on buildings in the distance. Utility lines zigzag across the street. Legible signs include: "wholesale shoes", "[...] park", "auto parts", "H.S. Goldwater Co., wholesale men's furnishings, overalls, khaki clothing, pants, belts, gloves, sweaters, shirts, hoiery, underwear, suspenders, handkerchiefs", "Shauer Brothers Company Inc., manufacturers, wholesalers, exporters, wearing apparel for men & boys, Shauermade", "parking, open all night", "Heywood, [...]field, wal[...]", "calm rooms", "dependable printers [...]", "Zendejas treatment", "auto park", "parking", on a posted parking sign "45 minute parking, 7:00 A.M. to 8:45 P.M.".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 26 x 21 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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