Title |
Brand Boulevard looking north from Security Bank in Glendale, California, 1924 |
Description |
Photograph of Brand Boulevard looking north from Security Bank in Glendale, California, 1924. The four-lane boulevard cuts from left to right through the center of the image, poles for the support of cable-cars placed at regular intervals along its center. High-rise commercial buildings line the car-filled street to either side, with automobiles parked along the sidewalk. Mountains are visible in the background.; Legible signs on the left side of the street include: "Jeweler / Diamonds / Arthur M. Dallern(?)", "T. D. & L. Theatre", "Mary Philbin in 'Fools Highway' from Owen Kildare's Novel 'My Marie Rose'. It's Great.'", "Sun Drugs / Lunch Candy Soda", "Lewis Jewelry Co.", "Lawson Building", "S.H. Kress & Co. 5-10-25 cent store", "Pelton and Levee Inc. / Roofing Lumber Paints / Rock Sand Wallboard Cement [...] Woodlath Plaster Lime Metallath", "J.W. [...] Real Estate Insurance", "Pianos", "Castle Apt's / Stop and Shop [...]", "Wilson-Bell H'dw", "Shoes", "Fuller Company [...] Glass [...]", "Hardware Company", "Department Store", "[...]ibrand Apartments", "Delicatessen", "Drugs" and "Sam Seelig [...]". Signs to the right side include: "Central Hotel", "Pearl Keller School of Dancing and Dramatic Art", "Merino Tailors", and "Royal Furniture Co." |
Subject (adlf) |
roadways |
Subject (file heading) |
Los Angeles County -- Glendale -- Streets |
Subject (lcsh) |
Streets Stores, Retail |
Geographic subject (roadway) |
Brand Boulevard |
Geographic subject (city or populated place) |
Glendale |
Geographic subject (county) |
Los Angeles |
Geographic subject (state) |
California |
Geographic subject (country) |
USA |
Coverage date |
1924 |
Photographer |
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 |
Publisher (of the digital version) |
University of Southern California. Libraries |
Date created |
1924 |
Type |
images |
Format (aacr2) |
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. |
Format (aat) |
negatives (photographic) photographs |
Contributing entity |
California Historical Society |
Accession number |
6596 |
Call number |
CHS-6596 |
Microfiche number |
1-29-14 |
Legacy record ID |
chs-m5677; USC-1-1-1-5796 |
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 |
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 |
Physical access |
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Repository name |
USC Libraries Special Collections |
Repository address |
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 |
Repository email |
specol@usc.edu |
Filename |
CHS-6596 |
Archival file |
chs_Volume51/CHS-6596.tiff |