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Title
Olive and 7th Streets
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection
Creator
Morris, Ralph
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1939
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Panoramic view of Olive Street looking north from 7th Street, taken from a building rooftop (perhaps the Los Angeles Athletic Club) in a morning hour. At right is the Boos Bros. Cafeteria, located at 618 So. Olive St. A sign on the building gives its other locations: 436 So. Hill St., 319 W. 5th St., 328 So. Broadway, and 648 So. Broadway. Beyond is Pershing Square, the Detwiler building, Western National Bank, and City Hall is seen in the distant right. At left is the James Oviatt building, and at 6th Street is the Pacific Mutual building, with a clock on the roof, followed by the Biltmore Hotel.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00068379
Ralph Morris Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection
N-004-593 8x10
CARL0000071654
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/122770
Subject
Boos Bros. Cafeteria
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Pacific Life Insurance Company
Cafeterias--California--Los Angeles
Commercial buildings--California--Los Angeles
Hotels--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments
City traffic--California--Los Angeles
Parks--California--Los Angeles
Olive Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Seventh Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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