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 panoramic view of Hollywood looking north from Santa Monica Boulevard and Highland Avenue, ca.1929. Several commercial lots and buildings fill the foreground half of the image, while residential blocks full of houses fill the rest, terminating in several high rise buildings in background right before the mountains. Highland Avenue is visible on the right. A lone "H" stands legible on the mountains to the right. Possible panorama with CHS-7918 and 7920. Other legible signs include: "Ideal Manufacturing Co. / Sash & Doors--Window & Door Screens--Cupboard Doors / Special Cabinet and Mill Work / Ever-Cool Porch Shade / Ideal Metal Seat Ends", "Blue Diamond Service / Office on Highland Ave. / [Su]ccessors to Geo. L. Eastman Co.", "Olde Gold", "The Distinctive Awning Co.", "R.B. Willard Building Materials", "Milton Motor Service / General Auto Repairing", and "Diato Flooring Company / [...] Tile".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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