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Title
New type caution flasher installed by L.A. City Signal Department at intersection of Griffith Park Boulevard and Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, 1927
Creator
Automobile Club of Southern California
Date Created and/or Issued
1927-12-02
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
Automobile Club of Southern California collection, 1892-1963
Rights Information
213-741-4486; http://www.calif.aaa.com
2601 South Figueroa Street, H-118, Los Angeles, CA 90007-3294, USA
Automobile Club of Southern California
yates.morgan@aaa-calif.com
Description
Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) of new type of caution flasher installed by Los Angeles City Signal Department at intersection of Griffith Park Boulevard and Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles. Lens is eight and one-eighth inches in diameter, amber color and hooded to show in daytime. Also visible are: sidewalk, corner of vacant lot, buildings (commercial in foreground, dwellings in background), automobiles, signs, utility poles and lines, mountains in the distance. Legible signs include: "Economy gasoline, Shell, Richfield gasoline, Richlube motor oils", "Hyperion"..., ..."Fords", "Chilos Ave., [arrow] Griffith Park 1 inland route north, Sunset Blvd. 1, Los Angeles 5 [arrow], Auto Club So. Cal.", "Hyperion Ave., [arrow] Glendale 3, Pasadena 9, Hollywood 3, Santa Monica Bay district [arrow], Auto Club So. Cal."
Type
image
Format
photographs
photographic prints
photoprint : b&w
8 x 14 cm.
Identifier
acsc-m615 [Legacy record ID]
AAA-EN-27-120
http://doi.org/10.25549/acsc-m615
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/AAA-EN-27-120.jpg
Subject
Traffic signs and signals
Buildings
Roadways
Time Period
1927-12-02
Place
California
Griffith Park Boulevard
Hyperion Avenue
Los Angeles
Source
Automobile Club of Southern California [Contributing entity]
Engineering Notebook. Los Angeles City. Book IV. 27-120 [Call number]
Relation
Automobile Club of Southern California collection, 1892-1963
Automobile Club of Southern California engineering notebook photoprints, 1922-1941
acsc-m1249

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