Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987

Wrecked cars, garage intersection at Melrose Avenue and North Highland Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 1929

Wrecked cars, garage intersection at Melrose Avenue and North Highland Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 1929 [image 4]

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Photograph of store fronts, Melrose Avenue and North Highland Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 1929. "Drugs; Neals, Rainbow Lights Inc. [ilg]; Our product bears our Trade Mark, Wilson's Sane Fourth Series of nonexplosive fireworks, Manufactured by Los Angeles Fireworks Co., Beware of imitations, Wilson's Fireworks, 'The Standard of Quality' manufactured by Los Angeles Fireworks Co.; Drink Coca-Cola, Lee Drug Store; Soda-Hot Lunch; Highland Ave., Hollywood Cahuenga Pass, San Fernando Valley, Coast & Inland, Routes North, Auto Club So. Cal.; Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, Sherman 3, Beverly Hills 4 1/2, Santa Monica 11, Auto Club So. Cal.; Go; Walter's Barber shop, Walter's Beauty Parlor; [ilg]dak Dev[ilg], [ilg]or[ilg]a, C[ilg]rs; Drugs Y-B, [ilg]gar; Prescriptions, Mild Fragrant Chancellor Cigar; Richard Hudnut, Narcisse Dusting Powder and Talcum, Both for $1.25; [ilg]ellor & Roi-Tan Cigars Here; Zanadu; A Milk Bath Sunfreze; Hose-een [ilg]; Allura; This Week Only, Marcel Finger Wave with Shampoo $1.25; For Rent [ilg]" -- signage. "Melrose Ave.; N. Highland Ave." -- street signage.

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Title Wrecked cars, garage intersection at Melrose Avenue and North Highland Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 1929 [image 4]

Subject Stores, Retail (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Type images

Rights For uses other than private, please contact the USC Digital Library at cisadmin@lib.usc.edu

Access Conditions Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/whit-c170-11834

Identifier DW-1929-07-05-22~04.TIF (filename), whit-c170-11834 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11834

Unique identifier UC12040285

Legacy Identifier DW-1929-07-05-22/DW-1929-07-05-22~04.tif

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 32.2 in × 22.8 in at 300dpi
82.0 cm × 57.9 cm at 300dpi

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Title Wrecked cars, garage intersection at Melrose Avenue and North Highland Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 1929

Inherited Title Wrecked cars, garage intersection at Melrose Avenue and North Highland Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 1929 (title)

Description 6 photographs of wrecked cars and garage intersection, Melrose Avenue and North Highland Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 1929. "Subject: wrecked cars, garage - intersection, at Melrose & Highland; Client: Mr. J.L. Guyer, 538 E[ast] Jefferson St[reet], *neg det; Classifications: 318, night, 31.30; Year: 1929; Job: 7-5-22" -- on envelope.

Subject Automobile repair shops (lcsh), Automobiles (lcsh), Guyer, J.L. (personal name), Roads (lcsh), Stores, Retail (lcsh)

Coverage Spatial California (states), California, Southern (region), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Melrose Avenue (roadway), North Highland Avenue (roadway), USA (countries)

Coverage Geocoordinate 34.083472,-118.338645 (point)

Coverage Temporal 1929

Inherited Subject Automobile repair shops (lcsh), Automobiles (lcsh), Guyer, J.L. (personal name), Roads (lcsh), Stores, Retail (lcsh)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights For uses other than private, please contact the USC Digital Library at cisadmin@lib.usc.edu

Date Created 1929

Creator Dick Whittington Studio (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Type images, texts

Format 5x7 in. (format), 6 photographs: b&w, negative, 5x7 in. in envelope (aacr2), B/W Nitrate (format), negatives (aat), photographs (aat)

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