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Title
Freshly repaved Sunset Boulevard, ca.1920-1960
Creator
Los Angeles Department of Public Works
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1920/1960
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 a freshly repaved Sunset Boulevard, ca.1920-1960. At center, two lanes of paved road are shown, split by a narrow rift that extends into the distance. Automobiles are visible on both the left and right, while at left, a house and a Richfield service station are visible. Palm trees line the sidewalks.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m324
USC-0-1-1-322 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-43996
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m324
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-43996.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Streets--Sunset Boulevard
Streets--Maintenance and repair
Automobiles
Automobiles--Service stations
Palms
Roadways
Time Period
circa 1920/1960
Place
California
Los Angeles
Sunset Boulevard
USA
Source
43996 [Accession number]
CHS-43996 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: 2986 [Identifying number]
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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