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Title
Whittier Boulevard near Montebello, showing the street marked off into four lanes for traffic, October 9, 1929
Date Created and/or Issued
1929-10-09
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 a view of Whittier Boulevard near Montebello, showing the street marked off into four lanes for traffic, October 9, 1929. The four-lane highway extends into the background at center. Automobiles (cars) can be seen in the distance driving either direction. Electrical poles and utility towers line either side of the road. Several shops stand at left with a gas station in the left foreground.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
photographs
negatives (photographic)
Identifier
chs-m13832 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-36584
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13832
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-36584.jpg
Subject
Streets--California
Automobiles
Service stations
Roadways
Time Period
1929-10-09
Place
California
Los Angeles
Montebello
USA
Whittier Boulevard
Source
36584 [Accession number]
CHS-36584 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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