Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) of intersection of Melrose Avenue and Western Avenue, Los Angeles. Looking easterly on Melrose Avenue showing traffic conditions without street car at terminal. Also visible are: automobiles, buildings (commercial in foreground, dwellings in background), utility poles and lines, sidewalk, curb, street light, bench, trees in background. Legible signs include: "Bank of Italy", "Go", "For rent", "Blacks[...] offices [...] doctors, law [...] realtors"...[?], "Commercial", "Dentist", "Seabord gasoline, Harryman & Myles, tires, tubes, repairing, oiling, greasing", "Melrose - Western, Phone HO.4784 - Harryman & Myles"..., "7 for $1.10"..., "Gilmore gasoline", "Quaker State Oil", "N. Western Ave.", "Stop your motor, no smoking"[?], ..."M.S. Drey traffic signals"[?].
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image
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photographs photographic prints photoprint : b&w 8.5 x 15 cm.
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