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Title
View of Western Avenue looking north from 2nd Street, Los Angeles, ca.1924
Creator
C.C. Pierce & Co
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1924
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 (streetscape, horizontal photography) of Western Avenue at 2nd Street. Looking north on Western Avenue from its intersection with Second Street. Commercial district with automobile traffic and street car tracks. Wellman Commercial Trust and Savings, Wilshire Fireproof Storage Company, Western Avenue Garage. Photo credit to The C.C. Pierce Collection, Historical Photographs, 1572 West Pico Street, Los Angeles, California.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprints, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m409
USC-1-1-1-407 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-9038
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m409
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-9038.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Streets--Western Avenue
Streetcar
Commercial
Streets
Traffic congestion
City traffic
Automobiles
Roadways
Time Period
circa 1924
Place
-118.30823,34.07716
-118.30623,34.07299
-118.30828,34.07113
-118.30995,34.07307
California
Los Angeles
USA
Wellman Commercial Trust and Savings
Western Avenue Garage
Wilshire Fireproof Storage Company
Western Avenue
Second Street
Source
1-11-16 [Microfiche number]
9038 [Accession number]
CHS-9038 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
isla id: S-4726 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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