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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph looking east down North Broadway (formerly Downey Avenue) towards Avenue 22 (formerly Truman Street). North Broadway spans the width of the foreground and stretches into the distance towards the left. Cars are parked along the street at left and face towards the camera. Behind the cars, the domed "California Bank" building stands on the northeast corner of Avenue 22 and North Broadway. Businesses on the same block extend behind it to the right, following the curve of North Broadway. Lining the right side of the road is the La Crescenta block. Signage painted on the side of the two-story structure reads, "WOLF'S NEW AND USED FURNITURE EXCHANG[E] [... ?]." Text from negative sleeve: 1692. Los Angeles, California. Downey Avenue, East Los Angeles, corner of Truman Street. Now North Broadway and Avenue 22. 1. 2. Two pictures taken August 1936 of this corner. The old wooden Crescenta Block at the right is to be torn down to make way for Wolfe's new building. 2 films.
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1692_001 ark:/21198/zz002httr1
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Commercial buildings--California--Los Angeles Commercial streets--California--Los Angeles
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