View of Western Avenue at Vernon Avenue, ca.1924

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Photograph of a view of Western Avenue at Vernon Avenue, ca.1924. One automobile crosses the width of the image on Vernon, while the majority of the other autos, including a bus and a lightly-colored car, make their way up and down Western. On the corner to the left, the two-story brick building of the Bernard Drug Company can be seen, just in front of the Benson Market building, where pedestrians can be seen making their way along the sidewalk. More pedestrians can be seen crossing the intersection at the extreme right of the photo. Utility poles that line Western to either side make a web of cables over the street.; Other legible signs from left to right include: "Hardware", "Mary Jane Beauty Shoppe", "Barber Shop", "Candy Soda Lunch", "Radio Sets", "Batteries, Generators and Ignition Repairs", and "Byers & Roland Gas 17 cents. 1 gallon for $1.00".

Asset Metadata

Title View of Western Avenue at Vernon Avenue, ca.1924

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), City traffic (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Western Avenue (file heading), roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh), Traffic congestion (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Benson Market (manmade features), Bernhard Drug Company (manmade features), California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries), Vernon Avenue (roadway), Western Avenue (roadway)

Geocoordinate 34.00168,-118.30811 (point), 34.00343,-118.31065 (point), 34.00391,-118.30614 (point), 34.00604,-118.30788 (point)

Temporal Subject 1924-11-01

Type images

Format 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographs (aat), transparencies (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1924-11-01

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

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 Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m392

Identifier 9052 (accession number), CHS-9052 (call number), CHS-9052 (filename), isla id: S-4717 (identifying number), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3983 (legacy record id), chs-m392 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-390 (legacy record id), 1-11-30 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3983

Unique identifier UC118218

Legacy Identifier CHS-9052.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.5 in × 16.4 in at 300dpi
52.1 cm × 41.6 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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