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 an exterior view of the Boston Dry Good Store in Los Angeles, 1900-1909. The four-story store is at center. The bottom floor has large display windows and three women can be seen examining goods at right. Awnings cover the windows on the second floor, while the windows on the third and fourth floors are tall and arch-shaped. The name of the store appears in the middle of the building. "Founded by Joseph Wincher Robinson. Name later changed to J.W. Robinson". See CHS-7047 for another store location.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. photographic prints photographs
Los Angeles--Architecture--Commercial--Stores (1 of 2) Retail trade Department stores Robinson, J. W Boston Store Building Boston Dry Goods Store Buildings
Time Period
1900/1909
Place
California Los Angeles USA
Source
1-9-147 [Microfiche number] 32426 [Accession number] CHS-32426 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity] isla id: S-4628 [Identifying number]
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