California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Exterior view of the Brown Derby Restaurant, Hollywood, ca.1938

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Exterior view of the Brown Derby Restaurant, Hollywood, ca.1938

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Photograph of an exterior view of the Brown Derby Restaurant, Hollywood, ca.1938. The Derby is shown from the front, a long awning extending over the sidewalk that leads to its entrance. At right, a hat-shaped sign for the Derby is visible extending from the second story of a Spanish Revival-style building, below which a second sign reads "Hiram Walker's 'Canadian Club'". At left, an automobile is parked in front of the Eddie Cantor gift shop.

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Title Exterior view of the Brown Derby Restaurant, Hollywood, ca.1938

Contributor Conrich, Robert S. (donated 1983) (donor)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1938

Subject buildings (adlf), Los Angeles -- Hollywood -- Architecture -- Commercial (file heading), Restaurants, lunch rooms, etc. (lcsh), The Brown Derby Restaurant (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Hollywood (city or populated place), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries), Vine Street (roadway)

Temporal Subject 1938

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (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.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m3239

Identifier 41634 (accession number), CHS-41634 (call number), CHS-41634 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-4197 (legacy record id), chs-m3239 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-3311 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 4197

Unique identifier UC118643

Legacy Identifier CHS-41634.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 14.0 in × 10.1 in at 300dpi
35.7 cm × 25.6 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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