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 north on Broadway from the Chamber of Commerce Building, 1927. Low buildings can be seen throughout intermingled with trees and palms, while two multiple-story buildings can be seen towards the right background. A street can be seen running from bottom center and curves to the left and right at a "T" intersection at center. Two parking lots filled with automobiles can be seen to the left and right of the street. Legible signs on the buildings from left to right include, "Fords", "Jack's Welding", "Plastic Art Novelties", "Fenton's", "Quick Loans Automobiles", "140 Piper Bros Used Cars 140", and billboards reading "Don't Deny Yourself The Luxury of Camels" and "Zane Grey's Border Legion".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 13 x 18 cm., 21 x 26 cm. photographic prints negatives (photographic) photographs
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