White letters four feet high "advertise" spelling error on street, Los Angeles, 1949

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Title	White letters four feet high "advertise" spelling error on street, Los Angeles, 1949
Description	Photograph of street sign spelling error "Stop hhre" in Hollywood-Silverlake area. "No (e)ras(e)r? -- Som(e) on(e) forgot som(e)thing wh(e)n th(e) Traffic (E)ngin(ee)ring D(e)partm(e)nt's sign-paint(e)rs post(e)d this warning at T(e)mple Str(ee)t and Virgil. Whit(e) l(e)tt(e)rs four f(ee)t high 'adv(e)rtis(e)' sp(e)lling (e)rror!" -- Examiner clipping attached to verso, dated 27 December 1949.; Streetscape. Camera direction: 214 degrees from due north. Horizontal photography.
Subject	Traffic Engineering Department
Subject (File Heading)	Los Angeles -- City -- Streets -- Signs & Repair
Geographic Subject (Roadway)	Temple Street & Virgil Avenue
Geographic Subject (City or Populated Place)	Silver Lake; Hollywood; Los Angeles
Geographic Subject (County)	Los Angeles
Geographic Subject (State)	California
Geographic Subject (Country)	USA
Geographic Coordinates	-118.28592,34.07693; -118.28564,34.07632; -118.28591,34.07605; -118.28613,34.07635; -118.28592,34.07693
Coverage date	circa 1949-12-27
Publisher (of the Digital Version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1949-12-27
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Identifying Number	3-1275-02805-9161
Original Filename	EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-STR-012; EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-STR-012
Print Box	Subjects 320; Subjects 320
Legacy Record ID	examiner-m3013
Part of subcollection	Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961
Part of collection	Los Angeles Examiner Collection, 1920-1961
Rights	University of Southern California
Access Conditions	Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu; phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343
Repository Name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository Email	specol@usc.edu; specol@usc.edu
Filename	EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-STR-012
Archival file	examiner_Volume124/EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-STR-012.tiff

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