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Title
Exterior view of retail businesses along Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, ca.1935
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1935
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of an exterior view of retail businesses along Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, ca.1935. A row of light-colored buildings can be seen along a wide paved road. Most of the buildings are one-story structures, although a two-story building can be seen at right. Four automobiles are parked along the side of the road. In the background, a tall, wooded hill can be seen. Several buildings are visible on the slope of the hill.
Legible signs include, from left: "Butlers", "New York Chelsea Gallery London", "Paintings Old and Modern", "Scott Morris", "Gowns Norma Scarlett", "George", and "Jewels".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w
13 x 17 cm.
transparencies
photographs
Identifier
chs-m315
USC-2-1-1-313 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-35144
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m315
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-35144.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Streets--Sunset Boulevard
Streets
Stores, Retail
Automobiles
Buildings
Time Period
circa 1935
Place
8645 Sunset Boulevard
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
35144 [Accession number]
CHS-35144 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
USC
chs-m825

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