During the annual "Downtown Dollar Days" held every fall, shoppers were usually loaded down with packages from many of the Downtown Los Angeles stores, as seen here. View 3: A female shopper has so many packages that she can barely get through the entrance of the Pacific Electric streetcar. A train conductor tries to help her by taking her arm as she steps up onto the stairs. Photo dated: September 1, 1933.
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