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 birdseye view of a street in Long Beach showing a dance studio, restaurant, and theatre, ca.1925. The street runs from the foreground at left into the distance at center. It is a wide paved road with railroad tracks in the middle. It is lined with an assortment of large buildings, including a skyscraper at right. In the foreground at left is a field lined with palm trees. Several early-model automobiles can be seen on the road. Legible signs include, from left to right: "Metropolitan Building", "California National Bank", "Heartwell Bldg", "The Holder Studios Instructors in Music Art Dancing", "Pekin Café Chop Suey", "Hoyt's Theatre", and "Cigars Candy".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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