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 the intersection of Whittier Boulevard and Ventura Avenue, ca.1924. The wide intersection is shown at center, bereft of cars while a bus and other automobiles make their way down Whittier farther back. To the right, two men pose near a parked car, one in a mechanic's jumpsuit, the other in a vest and hat. One-story commercial buildings line each side of the street along with telephone poles. Legible signs from left to right include: "[...]a Club Ginger Ale", "All kinds Sewing Machines. Rents, Repairing, Phone Angelus", "Hemstitching", "Real Estate", "Bob Laer's Service Stations", "Garage", "Jaquette Chevrolet Service", "Shell Gasoline", "Gasoline", "Hercules [...]", "Groceries, Fruit, Vegetables", "Caution, Fire Station", "Furniture: More for Your Money at Moores", "For His Majesty's L[...]", "Look Banannas. 20 cents a Dozen", "Foster & Kleiser", and "Bargains in Tires & Tubes".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w 21 x 26 cm. transparencies photographs
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