Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 USC Libraries Special Collections University of Southern California specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph. "Prominent Broadway block in deal -- Kress Building, which sold for $1,000,000." -- Examiner clipping attached to verso, dated 21 September 1935. The Kress 5-10-25 Cent store in downtown Los Angeles is shown with a retouched sale tag as it had been sold for one million dollars. To the right of the recently sold store is Golden Castle, advertising a sale of its own. "A ten cent store for $1,000,000.00" -- caption. Streetscape. Horizontal photography.
-118.284,34.01362 -118.22653,34.05371 -118.24958,34.02916 -118.27293,34.0525 California Downtown Los Angeles Los Angeles Kress 5-10-25 Cent Store Golden Castle USA
Source
3-1275-02805-2919 [Barcode] EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-156 [Original Filename] Subjects 318 [Print Box] University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
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