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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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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 
Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital) 
Date Created 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) 
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 
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