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Title
View of post-widened Wilshire Boulevard looking west from a point fifty feet east of Bixel Street, 1934
Contributor
Los Angeles Department of Public Works
Date Created and/or Issued
1934-12-03
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 of a view of post-widened Wilshire Boulevard looking west from a point fifty feet east of Bixel Street, 1934. The wide, two-lane boulevard is shown at center, extending into the distance where automobiles can be seen moving along. To the right, the large mission-style complex of Good Samaritan Hospital can be seen. This was also the location of where Robert Kennedy died.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
12 x 18 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m468
USC-0-1-1-465 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-42208
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m468
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-42208.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Streets--Wilshire Boulevard (1 of 3)
Streets--Maintenance and repair
Roadways
Time Period
1934-12-03
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Wilshire Boulevard
Bixel Street
Source
1-12-59 [Microfiche number]
42208 [Accession number]
CHS-42208 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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