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View of the west side of Broadway, looking south from the Los Angeles Theater at Sixth Street, ca.1940-1949
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View of the west side of Broadway, looking south from the Los Angeles Theater at Sixth Street, ca.1940-1949
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Description
Photograph of a view of the west side of Broadway, looking south from the Los Angeles Theater at Sixth Street, ca.1940-1949. Broadway can be seen in the foreground at left. The right side of the road is lined with parked cars and tall buildings. Several pedestrians can be seen walking along the wide sidewalk that borders the road. The entrance to the Los Angeles Theater is visible in the foreground at right.; Legible signs include, from left: "Bullocks", "Leroys", "Kress", "5-10-25 c Store", "Jays", "Berlands", "Two L.A. First Run Exciting Fun Hits", "Bing Cros[by]", and "Los H[...]".
Asset Metadata
Title
View of the west side of Broadway, looking south from the Los Angeles Theater at Sixth Street, ca.1940-1949
Subject
buildings
(adlf),
Bullocks
(subject),
Jays
(subject),
Kress
(subject),
Los Angeles -- Streets -- Broadway -- 6th to 7th
(file heading),
Los Angeles Theater
(subject),
Stores, Retail
(lcsh),
Streets
(lcsh),
Theaters
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
Broadway
(roadway),
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1940/1949
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 20 x 25 cm.
(aacr2),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection)
Date Created
1940/1949
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-m126
Identifier
42084 (
accession number
), CHS-42084 (
call number
), CHS-42084 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-1817 (
legacy record id
), chs-m126 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-130 (
legacy record id
), 85-3-4 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
1817
Unique identifier
UC117303
Legacy Identifier
CHS-42084.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
23.9 in × 16.1 in at 300dpi
60.7 cm × 41.0 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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