View of a distant Shrine Parade on Broadway, looking north from Tenth Street, ca.1923

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Photograph of a view of a distant Shrine Parade on Broadway looking north from Tenth Street, ca.1923. Broadway is at center and heads away from the viewer into the distance. There are two sets of streetcar tracks in the background that branch out into four sets in the foreground. Many early-model automobiles are parked along the side of the road, and more cars are driving down the street at center. A small number of pedestrians is walking along the sidewalks on the side of the street, and two people are crossing Broadway at center. Tall buildings line the road, and American flags and banners hang from wires over the street.; Legible signs include, from left to right: "Music", "Dancing", "Western Costume Co. Property Department", "Fox Outfitting Co. "Smart Clothes on Credit" ", "Majestic", "Worlitzer Building", "Drink Coca Cola", "The Home of [...]", "King for credit", "Joe Toplitzky Co. 205 N. W. Hellman Bld.", "Auto Park 25¢", "Cryer for Mayor", "Southern California Gas Company", "L.A. College of Chiroprac[tic] Free and Private Treatments Main Office", "99 Year Lease", "L.A. College Chiropractic Clinic", "Best Clothing for Men and Women on Easy Credit Western Outfitters 940 So. Br[oadway]", "Parking Time Limit 1 Hour 7 A.M. to 6 P.M."

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Title View of a distant Shrine Parade on Broadway, looking north from Tenth Street, ca.1923

Alternate Title Chiropractic (alternate)

Subject L.L. Burns Building (subject), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Broadway -- 9th to Olympic (file heading), roadways (adlf), Stores, Retail (lcsh), Streets (lcsh), Western Costume Company (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Broadway (roadway), California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1923

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1923

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m157

Identifier 14098 (accession number), CHS-14098 (call number), CHS-14098 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-1847 (legacy record id), chs-m157 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-160 (legacy record id), 1-2-168 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 1847

Unique identifier UC117123

Legacy Identifier CHS-14098.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.3 in × 13.7 in at 300dpi
46.7 cm × 34.8 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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