Intersection of Selma and Vine Streets, looking north on Vine Street toward Hollywood Boulevard, 1936

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Title Intersection of Selma and Vine Streets, looking north on Vine Street toward Hollywood Boulevard, 1936

Description Photograph of the intersection of Selma and Vine Streets, looking north on Vine Street toward Hollywood Boulevard, 1936. The paved intersection can be seen in the foreground at left. Tall buildings line the street on both sides as it heads into the distance at center. Many early automobiles can be seen parked along the sides of the roads, and pedestrians are visible as they traverse the street at center. A line of low hills can be seen in the background at center.; Legible signs include, from left: "Studio Open Thurs Feb. 13th", "Strauss Shoes Bootery", "March of Time Studio Theatre (currently (June 2020) known as Ricardo Montalban Theatre", "Savoy Auto Park", "The Broadway Hollywood Plaza", "Taft Bldg", "Free Parking", "Money to Loan", "Greasing Washing Tire", and "Standard Ethyl Gasoline".

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1936

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Western Avenue (subject), roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh), Taft Market (subject)

Tags oai:digitallibrary.usc.edu:chs,OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Holliwood Boulevard (roadways), Hollywood (city or populated place), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Selma Street (roadways), USA (countries), Vine Street (roadways)

Temporal Subject 1936

Type images

Format 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 17 x 13 cm. (aacr2), photographs (aat), transparencies (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m21174

Identifier 35241 (accession number), CHS-35241 (call number), CHS-35241 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-20186 (legacy record id), chs-m21174 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 20186

Unique identifier UC122600

Legacy Identifier CHS-35241.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.5 in × 18.7 in at 300dpi
34.3 cm × 47.5 cm at 300dpi

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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

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