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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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View of Broadway looking north from 3rd Street, Los Angeles, ca.1924
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View of Broadway looking north from 3rd Street, Los Angeles, ca.1924
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Photograph of a view of Broadway looking north from 3rd Street, Los Angeles, ca.1924. On the northeast corner is United Cigars, a store with a sign advertising Tareyton Cigarettes. Street cars and automobiles are seen, as well as pedestrians. Legible signs include: "United Cigars, Tareyton cigarettes, 20 for 25¢", "College boot shop", "[...] millinery, coats, suits, dresses", "right or left, city ord.", "White House", "[...]ening [...]press [...]ilding", "T. Scott Co., womens and children's outfitters", "Scotts Dept. Store", "Leader", "furniture", "The Western", "California, public service bldg., water, power, light, city of Los Angeles", "L.A. Pressed Bricks Co.", "Chamber of Commerce", "W. Third Street", "[...] Tailoring Co., as I live, I grow", "258, men's furnishings", "Dr. Patterson, dentist, open Sundays 9 to 12". According to Ms. Barbara Dace, a USCDL patron, "The "College Boot Shop" was run by Warren B. Dace (who would become Warren B. Dace, Sr. in 1925) and Mr. McKenzie. Mr. Dace continued to run a shoe
shop downtown until the 1960's".
The photograph features the following buildings and structures (some require zooming):
Right side -- Rindge Building (built 1902), building at right, at the north-east corner of Broadway and 3rd Street; Hosfield Building, just north of Rindge Building; Third City Hall (1888-1928), its tower visible, just north of Hosfield; Chamber of Commerce Building can be seen between 1st and 2nd Streets; Third Los Angeles Times Building (1912-1938) is visible at the north-east corner with 1st Street.
Left side -- Fred J. Byrne Building (built circa 1895) can be seen at immediate left; Los Angeles Evening Express Building, 2nd north of the Fred J. Byrne building, with the advertisement on its side; Harris Newmark Building (aka Music and Art Building), 3rd north; Bicknell Building (1892-1950s), 4th north; B.F. Coulter Building, 5th north; Municipal Water and Power Building, 6th north; California Building (Broadway and 2nd Street), 7th north, at south-west corner with 2nd Street; C.H. Frost Building (built in 1898), north-west corner with 2nd Street; Roanoke Building (built in 1886), 2nd north of the Frost building; Tajo Building (1894-1938), north-west corner with 1st Street; Women's Christian Temperance Union Building (built in 1889), north-west corner with Temple Street; Hotel Alhambra can be seen between Temple and California Streets; Broadway Tunnel (1901-1949) is visible with diagonal stairway.
Asset Metadata
Title
View of Broadway looking north from 3rd Street, Los Angeles, ca.1924
Subject
Broadway, Los Angeles
(subject),
Electric railroads
(lcsh),
Los Angeles -- Streets -- Broadway -- 2nd to 3rd
(file heading),
roadways
(adlf),
Stores, Retail
(lcsh),
Streets
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
Broadway & Third Street
(roadway),
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1924
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
negatives (photographic)
(aat),
photographs
(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
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-m61
Identifier
9008 (
accession number
), CHS-9008 (
call number
), CHS-9008 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-1755 (
legacy record id
), chs-m61 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-66 (
legacy record id
), 1-2-146 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
1755
Unique identifier
UC117305
Legacy Identifier
CHS-9008.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
21.3 in × 16.2 in at 300dpi
54.2 cm × 41.2 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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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