View of Windward Avenue in Venice Beach, showing many cars along the side of the road, ca.1920-1929

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Title	View of Windward Avenue in Venice Beach, showing many cars along the side of the road, ca.1920-1929
Description	Photograph of a view of Windward Avenue in Venice Beach, showing many cars along the side of the road, ca.1920-1929. The two-lane paved street runs from the foreground to the background at center. It is lined by two-story buildings at left and three-story buildings at right. Both sets of buildings have covered arcades in front of them. The buildings are light-colored and house shops, hotels, and restaurants. Many early-automobiles can be seen parked along the sides of the road. A sign that says "Venice" is suspended over the street.; Legible signs include, from left: "Sebastian Café Ming Dancing Cabaret Dorsey Orc.", "The Florsh Shoe", "United", "Mars Café", "Ladora Hotel", "W. L. Douglas Shoes", "Hotel Del Mar", "Men's Wear", "Humpty Dumpty", "Beach Soft Water Laundry Cigar Stand".
Subject (adlf)	roadways
Subject (file heading)	Los Angeles County -- Los Angeles -- Venice -- Streets
Subject (lcsh)	Hotels, taverns, etc. Streets
Geographic subject (roadway)	Windward Avenue
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Venice; Los Angeles
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1920/1929
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1920/1929
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : photoprint, b&w.
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Accession number	35215
Call number	CHS-35215
Legacy record ID	chs-m4973; USC-2-1-1-5073
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
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-35215
Archival file	chs_Volume147/CHS-35215.tiff

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