Intersection of Melrose and Western Avenues, Los Angeles. Looking easterly, 1928

Description

Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) of intersection of Melrose Avenue and Western Avenue, Los Angeles. Looking easterly on Melrose Avenue showing traffic conditions with street car at terminal. Also visible are: automobiles, buildings (commercial in foreground, dwellings in background), utility poles and lines, sidewalk, curb, street light, bench, trees in background. Legible signs include: ..."of Italy", "Stop", "For rent", street car "H" & "4", "Blacks[...] offices [...] doctors, law [...] realtors"...[?], "Commercial", "Dentist", "Seabord gasoline, Harryman & Myles, tires, tubes, repairing, oiling, greasing", "Melrose - Western, Phone HO.4784 - Harryman"..., "7 for $1.10"..., "Gilmore gasoline", "Quaker State"..., "N. Western Ave.", "Sto"....

Title:

Intersection of Melrose and Western Avenues, Los Angeles. Looking easterly, 1928

Record ID:

acsc-m648

Names & Dates

Created:

1928-08-02

Creator:

Automobile Club of Southern California

Publisher:

[host] University of Southern California. Libraries

Subject

Topic:

roadways , Electric railroads , Automobiles

Coverage:

1928-08-02

Place:

[states/provinces] California
[counties] Los Angeles
[cities] Los Angeles
[roadways] Melrose Avenue
[roadways] Western Avenue

Relationships

Part Of:

[collection] Automobile Club of Southern California engineering notebook photoprints, 1922-1941

Physical

Type:

images

Format:

photographs
photographic prints
photoprint : b&w ; 8.5 x 15 cm.

Access

Rights:

Automobile Club of Southern California

Repository:

Automobile Club of Southern California
2601 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007

Ordering:

Contact Automobile Club at https://www.aaa-calif.com/websupport/webmaster.aspx and select Other Issues. Ask for your query to be forwarded to the archives staff.

Identifiers

Record ID:

acsc-m648

Source:

[call no] Engineering Notebook. Los Angeles City. Book IV. 28-138