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 Y-shaped intersection in downtown Los Angeles, ca.1927. A wide paved road runs from the background to the foreground at center, where it splits into two smaller streets. Automobiles can be seen parked along the sides of the road, while streetcars are visible in the middle of the road. Tall buildings line both sides of the road, and mountains are visible in the distance heyond the buildings. Wooden scaffolding can be seen on the roof of a building in the foreground at center. Legible signs include, from left to right: "Cradle Snatchers", "One Mans Woman", "Western Costume Company" "The largest costume and theatrical supply house in the world", "Masquerade costumes", "New Orpheum America's finest theater", "Hotel Apex", "W.P. fuller & co. Paints for every purpose varnishes, brushes, glass", "Tire supply co.", "Standard makes", "Prices slashed save 20%-50%", American Wallpaper & Paint Co.", "Benjamin Moore Co.", and "Cooper".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w 13 x 18 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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