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Title |
View of the intersection of Whittier Boulevard and Ocean View Avenue, ca.1924 |
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Description |
Photograph of a view of the intersection of Whittier Boulevard and Ocean View Avenue, ca.1924. Cars are both parked along the street and making their way up and down along it while pedestrians traverse the sidewalk and cross the intersection. On the corner to the right, a woman in lightly-colored clothes stands waiting to cross, pushing a baby carriage. One- and two-story commercial buildings line the street to either side, along with utility poles.; Legible signs from left to right include: "F.M. Hale Hardware. Paints & Oils -- Stoves. Kitchen Supplies", "The Wonder Shoe Store", "Linn's Grocery", "Lucky Strikes: Now I know toasting gives a flavor that has them all lashed to the mast!", "Limbeck's Restaurant", "Rexall Drugs. Soda", "Tires", "Maximo Bakery. Hot Lunches, Tobacco & Cigars", "Hospital", "Belvedere [...] Department Store", "Dr. Karl M. Walz. Dentist", "All Nite Drug Store", "Bramel & Graham Kodak Finishing", "Gardens Radio. Parts, Sets, Supplies", "Hume-Benson Land Co. Real Estate", "Harris Press Printing", "Laguna Furniture", "Don't Forget the Belvedere Gardens Community Industrial Fair. Oct. 28th 1924", "Your Jeweler", and "Dr. C.C. Palmore, Optometrist". |
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Subject (adlf) |
roadways |
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Subject (file heading) |
Los Angeles County -- Whittier -- Streets |
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Subject (lcsh) |
Views
Streets |
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Geographic subject (roadway) |
Whittier Boulevard; Ocean View Avenue |
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Geographic subject (city or populated place) |
Belvedere Gardens; Whittier |
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Geographic subject (county) |
Los Angeles |
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Geographic subject (state) |
California |
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Geographic subject (country) |
USA |
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Coverage date |
circa 1924 |
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Publisher (of the digital version) |
University of Southern California. Libraries |
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Date created |
circa 1924 |
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Type |
images |
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Format (aacr2) |
1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. |
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Format (aat) |
transparencies
photographs |
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Contributing entity |
California Historical Society |
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Accession number |
9057 |
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Call number |
CHS-9057 |
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Microfiche number |
1-58- |
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Legacy record ID |
chs-m6801; USC-1-1-1-6915 |
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Part of collection |
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 |
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Part of subcollection |
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 |
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Project |
USC |
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Rights |
Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California |
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Access conditions |
Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. |
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Repository name |
USC Libraries Special Collections |
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Repository address |
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 |
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Repository email |
specol@usc.edu |
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Filename |
CHS-9057 |
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Full text |
mm |
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Archival file |
chs_Volume55/CHS-9057.tiff |
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
