Title supplied by cataloger. Some of the structures seen here have since been demolished and others have been added. Looking southwest across Valley Boulevard, formerly Pomona Boulevard, just east of where it crosses Edgewood Drive in Alhambra. Seen, from left to right, are a few Spanish style homes, a Foster and Kleiser billboard promoting 1937 Chevrolet automobiles, a restaurant, various businesses, a hospital and a campaign billboard for Wendell Willkie, the 1940 Republican presidential candidate. Photograph dated October 10, 1940.
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image
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1 negative :safety ;13 x 18 cm. Photographic safety negatives
Willkie, Wendell L.--(Wendell Lewis),--1892-1944--Portraits General Motors Corporation.--Chevrolet Motor Division Streets--California--Alhambra Automobiles--California--Alhambra Chevrolet automobile Advertising--Automobiles--California--Alhambra Billboards--California--Alhambra Hospitals--California--Alhambra Restaurants--California--Alhambra Stores & shops--California--Alhambra Sidewalks--California--Alhambra Signs and signboards--California--Alhambra Lampposts--California--Alhambra Electric lines--Poles and towers Street lighting--California--Alhambra Architecture, Domestic--California--Alhambra--Spanish influences Alhambra (Calif.) Los Angeles Photographers Collection photographs Blackstock Collection photographs
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