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Title
Widening of Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, February 28, 1927
Date Created and/or Issued
1927-02-28
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
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
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Description
Photograph of the widening of Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, February 28, 1927. The road runs from the foreground to the background at center. It is paved at left, and several automobiles can be seen on the paved section. At right, the road is made of dirt and has been smoothed out. Several workers can be seen sitting on the roadside at right. Large buildings can be seen on the left side of the road, while a large church with a tall steeple is visible in the background at center.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, transparency, b&w
13 x 17 cm.
negatives (photographic)
transparencies
photographs
Identifier
chs-m421
USC-0-1-1-418 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-35275
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m421
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-35275.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Streets--Wilshire Boulevard (3 of 3)
Streets--Maintenance and repair
Roadways
Time Period
1927-02-28
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Wilshire Boulevard
Source
35275 [Accession number]
CHS-35275 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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