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Title
View of West Seventh Street in Los Angeles, February 12, 1937
Contributor
Foster & Kleiser
Date Created and/or Issued
1937-02-12
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 West Seventh Street in Los Angeles, February 12, 1937. The paved street runs from the foreground at left to the background at center and is divided by two sets of streetcar tracks. Early model automobiles can be seen parked along the sides of the street. Three large Victorian houses can be seen at left, while commercial buildings line the road at right. The tall Hotel Commodore is visible in the background at center.
Legible signs include, from left: "Vai Bros. Brandy California's Finest", "Sigma Gasoline Farther", "Hotel Commodore", "and "Hotel".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographs
Identifier
chs-m836
USC-0-1-1-837 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-42068
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m836
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-42068.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Streets--7th Street (2 of 2)
Streets
Buildings
Automobiles
Time Period
1937-02-12
Place
1215 West 7th Street
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-7- [Microfiche number]
42068 [Accession number]
CHS-42068 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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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