Birdseye view of the interior of the May Company Department Store, located at Broadway and Eighth Street, April 1942

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Title	Birdseye view of the interior of the May Company Department Store, located at Broadway and Eighth Street, April 1942
Description	Photograph of a birdseye view of the interior of the May Company Department Store, located at Broadway and Eighth Street, April 1942. Shoppers walk through aisles and crowd around sales displays in the May Company Department store. Visible items for sale include luggage and neckties. The interior space is marked by rows of thick, light-colored columns, while hanging light fixtures are suspended from the ceiling.
Subject	May Company
Subject (adlf)	commercial sites
Subject (file heading)	Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Stores (2 of 2)
Subject (lcsh)	Retail trade Department stores
Geographic subject (roadway)	Broadway & 8th Street
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	1942-04-23
Donor	Foster & Kleiser
Photographer	Curtis, Luther (Foster & Kleiser)
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1942-04-23
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Accession number	31145
Call number	CHS-31145
Legacy record ID	chs-m1398; USC-0-1-1-1445
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. 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
Filename	CHS-31145
Archival file	chs_Volume27/CHS-31145.tiff

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