Title supplied by cataloger. 7th Street, east from Hill Street, with several historical buildings in view. On the left: the domed building is the Pantages Theatre. It was designed by architect B. Marcus Priteca, and opened on August 16, 1920; Bullock's Department Store, built in 1906 by Parkinson & Bergstrom and founded by John G. Bullock. Bullock's grew from one building to several, encompassing real estate along Seventh and surrounding the historic St. Vincent's Court and up Hill Street. It closed in 1986, and is now the St. Vincent's Jewelry Center. On the right: the Real Estate building, with The Sun Drug Co. occupying the ground floor, built in 1922 and designed by architects Curlett & Beelman; Loew's State Theatre, built in 1921 and designed by architect Charles P. Weeks; the I.N. Van Nuys Building, designed in the Beaux Arts style by architects Morgan, Walls and Clements, and built by Scofield-Twaits Company in 1910-1911. Crowds of people and numerous cars and trolleys can be seen lining the streets and sidewalks.
Pantages Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.) Bullock's (Department store) Real Estate (Los Angeles, Calif.) Sun Drug Company (Los Angeles, Calif.) Loew's State Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.) Van Nuys Building (Los Angeles, Calif.) Motion picture theaters--California--Los Angeles Commercial buildings--California--Los Angeles Department stores--California--Los Angeles City traffic--California--Los Angeles Theaters--California--Los Angeles Priteca, B. Marcus(Bernard Marcus) Bullock, John G.,1854-1939 Bergstrom, G. E.(George Edwin),1876-1955 Parkinson, John,1861-1935 Weeks, Charles Peter Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Morgan, Walls & Clements Scofield-Twaits Company Curlett & Beelman
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