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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a view of Santa Monica Boulevard looking west from Gower Street, Los Angeles, February 1929. Automobiles drive and park along the boulevard, cable-car tracks running through its center. Commercial shop fronts stand to either side, covered with advertisements. Two automobiles are visible along the sidewalk in the extreme right foreground, along with utility poles. Legible signs include: "Gower Service Station", "Economy Gasoline / 6 / .90", "Free [c]rankcase [...] service", "Real Cleaning! Suits 75¢ Suits 40¢ Dresses 95¢", "Real Estate", "[War]ner Bros. Latest 100% All Talking", "[...] Rent [...]" and "Gower St.". Originally, the image was labeled as "View of Sunset Boulevard looking west from Gower Street, Los Angeles, February 1929".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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