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Title
Crenshaw Boulevard
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection;
Date Created and/or Issued
1948
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
The 1937 office building located at 4225/4227 Crenshaw Boulevard (right, south of the liquor store) is known today as Maverick's Flat. This building, which housed an Arthur Murray's dance studio from the 1940's to the early 1960's, was designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #679 in 2000.
The stretch of Crenshaw Boulevard as it appears south of Stocker Street. Various office and commercial buildings, as well as numerous signs and billboards, are seen on both sides of the boulevard. Photograph dated February 24, 1948.
Type
Image
Format
1 negative :safety ;13 x 18 cm.
Photographic safety negatives
Identifier
00104399
Blackstock Negative Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection;
GPC_b47_f4_i9
CARL0005180717
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/117295
Subject
Arthur Murray Dance Studio
Streets--California--Crenshaw (Los Angeles)
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles
Stores & shops--California--Crenshaw (Los Angeles)
Commercial buildings--California--Crenshaw (Los Angeles)
Office buildings--California--Crenshaw (Los Angeles)
Signs and signboards--California--Crenshaw (Los Angeles)
Service stations--California--Crenshaw (Los Angeles)
Liquor stores--California--Crenshaw (Los Angeles)
Billboards--California--Crenshaw (Los Angeles)
Lampposts--California--Los Angeles
Lost architecture--California--Crenshaw (Los Angeles)
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments
Leimert Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Crenshaw Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Crenshaw (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Photographers Collection photographs
Blackstock Collection photographs

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