View of Windward Avenue in Venice Beach, showing many cars along the side of the road, ca.1920-1929

Description

Photograph of a view of Windward Avenue in Venice Beach, showing many cars along the side of the road, ca.1920-1929. The two-lane paved street runs from the foreground to the background at center. It is lined by two-story buildings at left and three-story buildings at right. Both sets of buildings have covered arcades in front of them. The buildings are light-colored and house shops, hotels, and restaurants. Many early-automobiles can be seen parked along the sides of the road. A sign that says "Venice" is suspended over the street.
Legible signs include, from left: "Sebastian Café Ming Dancing Cabaret Dorsey Orc.", "The Florsh Shoe", "United", "Mars Café", "Ladora Hotel", "W. L. Douglas Shoes", "Hotel Del Mar", "Men's Wear", "Humpty Dumpty", "Beach Soft Water Laundry Cigar Stand".

Title:

Record ID:

chs-m4973

Names & Dates

Created:

[circa] 1920/1929

Publisher:

[host] University of Southern California. Libraries

Subject

Topic:

Hotels, taverns, etc. , Streets , [file heading] Los Angeles County -- Los Angeles -- Venice -- Streets , roadways

Coverage:

[circa] 1920/1929

Place:

[roadways] Windward Avenue
[populated places] Venice
[cities] Los Angeles
[counties] Los Angeles
[states/provinces] California
[countries] USA

Relationships

Part Of:

[collection] Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
[project] USC

Physical

Type:

images

Format:

photographic prints
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w.
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-m4973

Source:

[record id] USC-2-1-1-5073
[accession no] 35215
[call no] CHS-35215