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Description
Photograph of Sunset Club members holding signs on "The Day of the Signs", ca.1905. There are fourteen signs being held by an equivalent number of men. All of the signs are lightly-colored with simple black text printed on them. All of the men are wearing suits and hats, and all are looking towards the camera. The signs read, from left to right: "Wiggins C.O.C. Brewery Drinks on Draught", "Sunset Club Cafeteria", "Arizona Lodging House No Questions Answered", "Lost Key to Room 17", "The Hague B.O.E. Headquarters", "The Zoo Admission Free", "Universal War Exchange Memberships Solicited", "Gene's Boozeteria", "Jitney Office Paul Shoup", "Flint Ridge Motion Picture Rights Reserved", Painted Desert", "International Peace Commissioner Gone to the Front", "Keep off the Clouds", and "Padded Cells for War Agitators".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
Associations, institutions, etc Societies Clubs Signs and signboards Los Angeles County--Los Angeles--Social organizations--Sunset Club Sunset Club Parks
Time Period
circa 1905
Place
California Los Angeles USA
Source
1-93- [Microfiche number] 11380 [Accession number] CHS-11380 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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