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 Los Angeles from the top of the Chamber of Commerce building, January 1930. A large paved road runs from the foreground to the background at left and is lined with sidewalks, utility poles, and parked automobiles. Tall office buildings can be seen at right and in the background at left. A gas station is visible in the foreground at center, while a building with a tall chimney can be seen in the foreground at right. A snow-capped mountain range stretches across the image in the background. Legible signs include, from left: "Investment Certificates American Loan Society", "I've graduated to Camels", "Insurance Exchange Building", "Pan-Am", "Auto Park", "Temple Radio", "The Star Piano Co.", "Belasco Theatre Now Playing", "Mayan", "Stratford-Upon-Avon Festival Co.", "Dancing", "Richfield", "Union Gas", "G & H Service Union", "Western Pacific Building", and "Property of the Los Angeles Investment Co."
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w 13 x 17 cm. transparencies photographs
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