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Streetcar at Vernon & Central Avenues (Los Angeles) depicted on a printed document
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Streetcar at Vernon & Central Avenues (Los Angeles) depicted on a printed document
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Description
The printed document features a street scene of a V Line Streamliner streetcar at the corner of Vernon and Central Avenues, ca.1955. The text mentions: Boy scout troop 129; Boy scout troop 381; Ross Snyder Playground; Jack's Basket Room; Mel & Jean's Malt Shop; Quick Nickel Coney Island Chili Parlor; California Eagle (founded 1879). Previously identified as "an invitation to a show given by The East Side Boys at the Los Angeles Convention Center, 3 April 1924".; Streetscape. Horizontal photography.
Asset Metadata
Title
Streetcar at Vernon & Central Avenues (Los Angeles) depicted on a printed document
Subject
The East Side Boys
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Central Avenue
(roadway),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries),
Vernon Avenue
(roadway)
Temporal Subject
1955
Type
images
,
texts
Format
1 invitation? : photograph, brown text on yellow paper ; folded
(aacr2),
invitations
(aat)
Language
English
Source
Dunbar Economic Development Corporation
(contributing entity),
Dunbar Economic Development Corporation Collection, 1880-1986
(collection)
Date Created
1955
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Repository Email
rchapple@dunbaredc.net
Repository Name
Dunbar Economic Development Corporation
Repository Location
4225 South Central Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90011
Rights
Dunbar Economic Development Corporation
Access Conditions
University of Southern California owns digital rights only. Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol...
Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/dunbar-m2
Identifier
Dunbar-000-002-ISLA (
filename
), isla id: S-3863 (
identifying number
), ISLA-DC record no: 3522 (
identifying number
), dunbar-m36 (
legacy collection record id
), dunbar-c83-50 (
legacy record id
), dunbar-m2 (
legacy record id
), 000-002 (
unidentified no.
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
50
Unique identifier
UC1606076
Legacy Identifier
Dunbar-000-002-ISLA.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
10.6 in × 7.2 in at 300dpi
27.0 cm × 18.2 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Dunbar Economic Development Corporation Collection, 1880-1986
Description
The Dunbar Economic Development Corporation (Dunbar EDC) collection contains photographs and artifacts which document the Vernon-Central neighborhood of Los Angeles which is the historic core of the California African American community. The Dunbar EDC was founded by local community members to implement a holistic approach to addressing the lack of employment opportunity and prosperity existing in the Vernon-Central area.
The collection contains 32 photographs, 2 newspaper articles, and one document.
Coverage Temporal
1880/1986
Linked assets
Dunbar Economic Development Corporation Collection, 1880-1986
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