Interior view of the May Company Department Store, looking east toward the Broadway entrance, March 1, 1942

Description

Photograph of an interior view of the May Company Department Store, looking east toward the Broadway entrance, March 1, 1942. The store is crowded with many shoppers, most of which are women. The women wear coats of varying designs, and many wear hats. A headless and armless manequin wearing a sleeveless dress can be seen amongst the shoppers toward the left. Glass doors can be seen in the background, above which reads, "Broadway". Pillars and two other manequins are visible in the right background. A sign visible through the doors on the other side of the road reads, "Rialto. Betty Grab[...] Victo[...] Ma[...] Dorothy La[...]".

Title:

Record ID:

chs-m1312

Names & Dates

Created:

1942-03-01

Creator:

[photographer] Curtis, Luther (Foster and Kleiser)

Contributor:

Foster & Kleiser (donated 1979)

Publisher:

[host] University of Southern California. Libraries

Subject

Topic:

Interior architecture , Stores, Retail , Shopping , May Company , [file heading] Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Stores (1 of 2) , buildings

Coverage:

1942-03-01

Place:

[roadways] Broadway & 8th Street
[cities] Los Angeles
[counties] Los Angeles
[states/provinces] California
[countries] USA

Relationships

Part Of:

[collection] California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
[provenance] Dick Whittington Photography
[project] USC

Physical

Type:

images

Format:

photographic prints
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 10 x 15 cm.
photographs

Access

Rights:

California Historical Society

Repository:

USC Libraries Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu

Ordering:

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Identifiers

Record ID:

chs-m1312

Source:

[record id] USC-3-1-1-1358
[accession no] 41315
[call no] CHS-41315