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Mayor George Cryer flipping the switch to initiate new Wilshire Blvd. lighting system, Los Angeles, 1928

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Title: Mayor George Cryer flipping the switch to initiate new Wilshire Blvd. lighting system, Los Angeles, 1928
Date Created and/or Issued: February 8, 1928
1928-02-08
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988
Description: Reported in "New Lights on Wilshire Turned on: Boulevard Becomes Great White Way Amid Jubilee Enjoyed by Thousands," Los Angeles Times, 09 Feb. 1928: A15.
Text from negative sleeve: Los Angeles Streets. Wilshire Blvd — New Lighting System.
Handwritten on negative: Mayor Cryer turning on lights in new system on Wilshire blvd.
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3715_G3008
ark:/21198/zz0002pj1c
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Street lighting--California--Los Angeles
Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Dedications--California--Los Angeles
Cryer, George E., 1875-1961
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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