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Birdseye view of Hollywood Boulevard, showing a variety of shops, ca.1934
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Birdseye view of Hollywood Boulevard, showing a variety of shops, ca.1934
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Photograph of a birdseye view of Hollywood Boulevard, showing a variety of shops, ca.1934. Hollywood Boulevard runs from the foreground at left to the background at right and is a wide paved road with streetcar tracks running down the middle. Many automobiles can be seen on the road, while streetcars are visible in the background. One- and two-story buildings line the street, and pedestrians can be seen walking along the sidewalks in front of the m. A very tall building can be seen in the background at left, while low hills are visible in the distance.; Legible signs include, from left: "Outpost Buildings", "Lamps Shades", "Bazaar", "Modern Offices as low as $20", "Auto Park", "Harper Method Scalp Treatment", "Sally's", "Mae Millinery", "Myer Siegel & Co.", "Hotel", "City Dye Works", "Central Hardware Co.", "Egypt[ian]", "Charles Ruggles Mary Boland 6 of a Kind", "Pig 'n' Whistle", and "Café".
Asset Metadata
Title
Birdseye view of Hollywood Boulevard, showing a variety of shops, ca.1934
Subject
cities
(adlf),
roadways
(adlf),
Views
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Hollywood
(city or populated place),
Hollywood Boulevard
(roadway),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1934
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 13 x 17 cm.
(aacr2),
photographs
(aat),
transparencies
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection)
Date Created
1934
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-m21177
Identifier
35244 (
accession number
), CHS-35244 (
call number
), CHS-35244 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-20189 (
legacy record id
), chs-m21177 (
legacy record id
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
20189
Unique identifier
UC122609
Legacy Identifier
CHS-35244.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
18.8 in × 13.2 in at 300dpi
47.8 cm × 33.6 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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