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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a view north on Broadway from the Chamber of Commerce building, Los Angeles, 1928. A parade celebrating the dedication of the new City Hall can be seen on the street below, including onlookers, floats, flags, automobiles, and trolley cars. Multiple-storied buildings with rectangular windows line the street. Visible signs on the buildings include, "Western Pacific Building", "Property of the Los Angeles Investment Co", "New Orpheum Building", "New Orpheum America's Finest Theatre Presenting Exclusively [?]", "908 S. Broadway L.L. Burns [?]", "Radio Supply Co. 912-14 So. Broadway", and "Southern California Gas Company".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w 18 x 13 cm. transparencies photographs
Los Angeles--General views--C of C (Streets) Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Los Angeles Herald Examiner Los Angeles City Hall Parades Newspapers Roadways
Time Period
1928-04-26
Place
California Los Angeles South Broadway USA
Source
35385 [Accession number] CHS-35385 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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