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Image / Santa Monica Boulevard looking west from Western Avenue, ca.1927

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Title
Santa Monica Boulevard looking west from Western Avenue, ca.1927
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1927
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 Santa Monica Boulevard looking west from Western Avenue, ca.1927. Automobiles can be seen driving in the street, as well as parked along the sidewalk. Featured prominently in the right of the photograph is the two-story office of a branch of the Security Trust and Savings Bank. A network of cables are stretched above the street, and cable car tracks are visible embedded in the roads.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographs
Identifier
chs-m3348
USC-1-1-1-3420 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-6364
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m3348
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-6364.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Hollywood--Streets
Security Trust and Savings Bank
Streets
Roadways
Time Period
circa 1927
Place
California
Hollywood
Los Angeles
Santa Monica Boulevard & Western Avenue
USA
Source
1-11-1; 1-31-73 [Microfiche number]
6364 [Accession number]
CHS-6364 [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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