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Title
Exterior, Brown Derby and gift shop
Alternative Title
Works Progress Administration Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1939
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Exterior of the Brown Derby on Vine Street in Hollywood. Here the Eddie Cantor gift shop, Brown Derby entrance for restaurant and club are viewed from across the street. Atop the club is the name in neon on a sign shaped like a hat and another sign advertising Hiram Walker's Canadian Club whiskey.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00007144
Works Progress Administration Collection
WPA 13 (2197) 4x5; Hollywood-Restaurants-Brown Derby.
CARL0000008056
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/82409
Subject
Eddie Cantor Gift Shop (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.)
Brown Derby Restaurant (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.)
Gift shops--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Signs and signboards--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Stores & shops--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Advertising--Alcoholic beverages--California--Los Angeles
Whiskey
Restaurants--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles
Pedestrians--California--Los Angeles
Sidewalks--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Vine Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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