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 of the intersection of Whittier Boulevard and Ocean View Avenue, ca.1924. Cars are both parked along the street and making their way up and down along it while pedestrians traverse the sidewalk and cross the intersection. On the corner to the right, a woman in lightly-colored clothes stands waiting to cross, pushing a baby carriage. One- and two-story commercial buildings line the street to either side, along with utility poles. Legible signs from left to right include: "F.M. Hale Hardware. Paints & Oils -- Stoves. Kitchen Supplies", "The Wonder Shoe Store", "Linn's Grocery", "Lucky Strikes: Now I know toasting gives a flavor that has them all lashed to the mast!", "Limbeck's Restaurant", "Rexall Drugs. Soda", "Tires", "Maximo Bakery. Hot Lunches, Tobacco & Cigars", "Hospital", "Belvedere [...] Department Store", "Dr. Karl M. Walz. Dentist", "All Nite Drug Store", "Bramel & Graham Kodak Finishing", "Gardens Radio. Parts, Sets, Supplies", "Hume-Benson Land Co. Real Estate", "Harris Press Printing", "Laguna Furniture", "Don't Forget the Belvedere Gardens Community Industrial Fair. Oct. 28th 1924", "Your Jeweler", and "Dr. C.C. Palmore, Optometrist".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w 21 x 26 cm. transparencies photographs
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