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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph looking north across North Broadway (formerly Downey Avenue) and towards the garage that stands in the lot of a former residence of George M. West and family. North Broadway stretches across the foreground on an upward angle from left to right. A cable car juts into the image from the left. Cars are parked along the far side of North Broadway and face left. A three-story building with bay windows stands along the left edge. Next to it, the street front for a garage stands left-of-center. A sign atop the building reads, "GARAGE Mobilgas Mobiloil." On the front of the building itself, signage reads, "NORTH [BR]O[AD]WAY," "GARAGE," "IGNITIO[N] BATTERY B[OD]Y & FENDER" "FENDER & BODY WORK," "NORTH [BROAD]WAY," and "RADI[...]." A couple of businesses extend to the right of the garage. Signage on those buildings reads, "RADIO [...]," "CABINET," "[...] DRY CLEANERS," and "[...] A. B. COHN & BRO. DIAMOND JEWELRY LOANS 4[??] W. [...] ST. [...] OVER 60 YEARS." Cable car lines crisscross above North Broadway and another building stands past an intersection at far right in the distance. Text from negative sleeve: 1672. Los Angeles, California. Downey Avenue, June 1939. 1. This garage is built on the lot that had the house which George M. West rented for his family when he came to Los Angeles in 1888. We lived here several years. Father had an office in the front of the home. We rented it from a Real Estate man named Yoakum. The house was moved away when garage built. See #1673 for photo of it today (1943) 1 film
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1672_001 ark:/21198/zz002htscv
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Automobile service stations--California--Los Angeles Commercial buildings--California--Los Angeles Commercial streets--California--Los Angeles
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