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 without 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: "Bank of Italy", "Go", "For rent", "Blacks[...] offices [...] doctors, law [...] realtors"...[?], "Commercial", "Dentist", "Seabord gasoline, Harryman & Myles, tires, tubes, repairing, oiling, greasing", "Melrose - Western, Phone HO.4784 - Harryman & Myles"..., "7 for $1.10"..., "Gilmore gasoline", "Quaker State Oil", "N. Western Ave.", "Stop your motor, no smoking"[?], ..."M.S. Drey traffic signals"[?].
Title:
Intersection of Melrose and Western Avenues, Los Angeles. Looking easterly, 1928
Record ID:
acsc-m649
Names & Dates
Created:
1928-08-02
Creator:
Automobile Club of Southern California
Publisher:
[host] University of Southern California. Libraries
Subject
Topic:
roadways , Buildings , 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:
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Identifiers
Record ID:
acsc-m649
Source:
[call no] Engineering Notebook. Los Angeles City. Book IV. 28-139