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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of the new Wolfe & Sons furniture store on the site of the old La Crescenta building along North Broadway (formerly Downey Avenue). North Broadway spans the foreground on an upward angle from right to left. The new Wolfe building sits along the right side of the street, facing slightly left. A car is parked in front of the building, right-of-center. The art deco-styled building is partitioned into thirds. Each is lined with windows along the first floor. Shorter windows span the second floor. "WESTERN AUTO SUPPLY CO." occupies the rightmost segment of the building. A sign hangs in the upper window and reads, "[...] TIRE SALE [...]!" Wolfe & Sons furniture occupies the center and left segments of the building. An awning hangs over the sidewalk in the center of the business and a large vertical sign rises from it. The sign reads, "WOLFE & SONS." Sitting atop this sign is a horizontally oriented sign which reads, "FURNITURE AND APPLIANCES." Signs hang in the windows across the first floor. At far left, a vertical sign hangs from the corner of the building, it reads, "FURNITURE." Text from negative sleeve #1676: 1676. Los Angeles, California. Downey Avenue and Truman Street. Now North Broadway and Avenue 22. 1. The new Wolfe building erected on the site of the Crescenta building. Taken in 1940. 1 film
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1679_001 ark:/21198/zz002htss2
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Commercial buildings--California--Los Angeles Commercial streets--California--Los Angeles Furniture stores--California--Los Angeles
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