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West side of Broadway, looking north toward Seventh Street, Los Angeles, ca.1940-1949
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West side of Broadway, looking north toward Seventh Street, Los Angeles, ca.1940-1949
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Description
Photograph of the west side of Broadway, looking north toward Seventh Street, Los Angeles, ca.1940-1949. The road is visible in the foreground at right and is divided by streetcar tracks. Tall buildings line the far side of the road, and a wide sidewalk runs in front of the structures. Several pedestrians can be seen walking along the sidewalk. Cars are visible in the background at right.; Legible signs include, from left to right: "Gorton's", "Leed's", "Woolworth", and "Loew's State".
Asset Metadata
Title
West side of Broadway, looking north toward Seventh Street, Los Angeles, ca.1940-1949
Subject
buildings
(adlf),
Loew's State Theater
(subject),
Los Angeles -- Streets -- Broadway -- 7th to 8th
(file heading),
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 ; 13 x 18 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
Send requests to address or e-mail given
Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m142
Identifier
42088 (
accession number
), CHS-42088 (
call number
), CHS-42088 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-1833 (
legacy record id
), chs-m142 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-146 (
legacy record id
), 85-3-3 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
1833
Unique identifier
UC117302
Legacy Identifier
CHS-42088.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
23.8 in × 16.1 in at 300dpi
60.6 cm × 41.1 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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