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Title
Wilshire Boulevard looking east from Dunsmuir Avenue
Creator
Dick Whittington Studio
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1930/1940
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
"Dick" Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987
Rights Information
Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
For uses other than private, contact USC Libraries Special Collections at the e-mail given
USC Libraries Special Collections
specol@usc.edu
Description
Wilshire Boulevard looking east from Dunsmuir Avenue
the White Spot, Wetherby-Kayser, Graysons, Woolworth's, Lilyans, New York Millinery, The Glorified Hamburger, The Food Palace, Melody Lane Cafe, the Fox Ritz Theater, etc. Additional information: The Glorified Hamburger sign was a slogan for Wimpy Grills which was located on the northeast side of Cochran and Wilshire (5425 Wilshire). It eventually became the Flying Saucer, and is now (end of 2012) a Staples store that pays homage to a flying saucer. Streetscape. Horizontal photography.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
whit-m644
DW-B3-15-14-ISLA
http://doi.org/10.25549/whit-m644
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/DW-B3-15-14-ISLA.jpg
Time Period
circa 1930/1940
Place
34.062304,-118.348312
California
California, Southern
Los Angeles
Miracle Mile
Park La Brea
Hancock Park
USA
Wilshire Boulevard
Dunsmuir Avenue
Source
DW-B3-15-14 [Call Number]
University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
isla id: S-995; isla id: 875 [Identifying Number]
Relation
Dick" Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987
whit-m1

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