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 view of Whittier Boulevard in Whittier, showing a milk truck, ca.1924. Automobiles are shown making their way up and down the boulevard. To the left, a man on a bicycle pedals towards the viewer. To the right, a lightly-colored Crescent Milk truck is parked along the sidwalk with a slew of other cars. In the extreme left foreground, a driver can be seen through the windshield of his car. One- and two-story brick commercial buildings line the street to either side, along with utility poles. Legible signs from left to right include: "Prest-O-Lite Battery", "Joe's Expert Shoe Repairing", "Lunch. Pool", "Real Estate", "For Sale", "Belvedere Clothing Co.", "Drugs. Soda", "Maximo's Bakery. Hot Lunches, Tobacco & Cigars", "[...]rite Drug Store", "Dr. Karl M. Walz, Dentist", "Hume-Benson Land Co., Real Estate", "Lowrie Real Estate", "500 [...] Bacon", "Signs", "Belvedere Feed & Fuel Co.", and "J.M. Schatz Market. Our Motto: Quality First, Service Always".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w 21 x 26 cm. transparencies photographs
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