Westminster Avenue and Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice, CA, [s.d.]

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Photograph of Westminster Avenue and Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice, CA,, [s.d.]. Abbot Kinney Boulevard runs from the foreground to the background at center and intersects Westminster at center. Both roads are paved, and several early-model automobiles can be seen parked along the sides of the road. Single-story buildings line both sides of the street and contain stores and restaurants. Lampposts can be seen along the sidewalks, and a line of utility poles runs along Westminster.; Legible signs include, from left: "Safeway Stores California's Leading Grocer", "Hudson Venice Motors Essex", "Wm. E. Rice Batteries Repaired Rebuilt Recharged Starting Lighting Ignition Service Parts Repairs", "United States Tires and tubes Sales and Service Depot", "Stuard Dry Goods", "Public Library", "Bakery", "Sale Salvage", "Piggly", Venice Dollar Store", "Drugs", "Washington Pharmacy", "Westminster Ave", and "Christopher's Ice Cream and Candy".

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Title Westminster Avenue and Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice, CA, [s.d.]

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Los Angeles City -- Venice -- Streets (file heading), roadways (adlf), Stores, Retail (lcsh), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Abbot Kinney Boulevard (roadway), California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries), Venice (city or populated place), Westminster Avenue (roadway)

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), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5025

Identifier 35216 (accession number), CHS-35216 (call number), CHS-35216 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25573 (legacy record id), chs-m5025 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-5127 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25573

Unique identifier UC128699

Legacy Identifier CHS-35216.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.9 in × 12.6 in at 300dpi
45.4 cm × 32.2 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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