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 northeast from Santa Monica Boulevard and Highland Avenue, ca.1926. The Hollywood State Bank and the Standard Fence Company are visible in the foreground to the left along the boulevard to the other side of which is a Shell Gas Station and other commercial buildings. Residential blocks fill the rest of the frame to the right, extending to the mountains in the background. In the extreme right foreground, a second gas station is partially visible. Legible signs include: "Muller Bros. 'The World's Greatest Service Station'", "Hearts in Dixie", "RCA Radiola", "Auto Show / Jefferson & Royal", "Wash Rack", "Cinema Hotel Apartments", "Rooms with Bath $6.00 Week & Up", "Cantlay & Tanzola", "Hearn & Beardslee", "[San]dwich Nook", "Auto Park 15¢", and "Charles F. Laverty / Real Service for Fords". The Hollywood sign is also visible.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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