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Title
View of Wilshire Boulevard looking east from Western Avenue in Los Angeles, ca.1930-1939
Creator
Pratt, Ernest M
Baker, Viroque
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1930/1939
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 Wilshire Boulevard looking east from Western Avenue in Los Angeles, ca.1930-1939. Wilshire is in the foreground at center and is crowded with automobiles. The road is lined with palm trees on the far side and light posts on both sides. Several large buildings are visible in the distance, including one massive cylindrical building with a domed top. A two-story building with a tower can be seen at left. A sign on this building reads "Premiere".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m430
USC-0-1-1-427 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-14499
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m430
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-14499.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Streets--Wilshire Boulevard (2 of 3)
Streets
Roadways
Time Period
circa 1930/1939
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Wilshire Boulevard
Western Avenue
Source
1-12-39 [Microfiche number]
14499 [Accession number]
CHS-14499 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: E-2916 [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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