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Broadway decorated for Foreign Trade Week, Los Angeles, February 1932
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Broadway decorated for Foreign Trade Week, Los Angeles, February 1932
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Description
Photograph of Broadway decorated for Foreign Trade Week, Los Angeles, February 1932. Broadway runs from the foreground to the background at center, and streetcar tracks can be seen embedded in the middle of the road. Many automobiles can be seen driving in the street and parked along its sides. Tall buildings are visible in the background, including the Los Angeles Examiner building at left. Overhead, flags of many countries, including the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, France, and Sweeden, can be seen hanging vertically from wires.; Legible signs include, from left: "Autopark", "[West]ern Pacific Bldg.", "Commercial Club", "Visit Your Harbor Feb. 22nd Harbor Day. Foreign Trade Week Feb. 16-22", "C-H Menu sugar", "West Coast Stationery", and "Your doctor says hot lemonade Sunkist Lemons".
Asset Metadata
Title
Broadway decorated for Foreign Trade Week, Los Angeles, February 1932
Subject
Automobiles
(lcsh),
buildings
(adlf),
Flags
(lcsh),
Los Angeles Examiner
(subject),
Streets
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
Broadway
(roadway),
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1930-02
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm.
(aacr2),
negatives (photographic)
(format),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection)
Date Created
1932-02
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m19148
Identifier
36025 (
accession number
), CHS-36025 (
call number
), CHS-36025 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-19060 (
legacy record id
), chs-m19148 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
19060
Unique identifier
UC137308
Legacy Identifier
CHS-36025.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
16.9 in × 13.3 in at 300dpi
43.0 cm × 33.8 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Description
The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.
We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.
Date Created
1860/1960
Linked assets
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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