California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Exterior view of Roberts Public Market showing the delicatessen and produce sections, ca.1940

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Exterior view of Roberts Public Market showing the delicatessen and produce sections, ca.1940

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Photograph of the exterior view of Roberts Public Market showing the delicatessen and produce sections, ca.1940. At top, a marquee-style sign reads, "Roberts Public Markets" with a "Free Parking" sign to the left and vertical sign reading "Liquor" to the right. The market can be seen through a large opening that appears to be at least thirty feet in length below. To the left of the opening is a glass showcase with a meat slicer above and a sign that reads "Delicatessen". To the right are at least eight produce stands with an assortment of fruits and vegetables stacked in rows and piles. Light-colored signs located near many of the produce read "7 for 10 cents, 4 for 10 cents, 10 for 19 cents". A man is riding a bicycle at right. A sign at the base of a pole in the left foreground reads, "First Prize $10,000.00 [...]".

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Title Exterior view of Roberts Public Market showing the delicatessen and produce sections, ca.1940

Subject commercial sites (adlf), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Markets -- Roberts Market (file heading), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Markets #3 (file heading), Roberts Public Markets (subject), Stores, Retail (lcsh), Supermarkets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1940

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 10 x 15 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

Date Created 1940

Contributor Dick Whittington Photography (provenance), Foster & Kleiser (contributor)

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m1357

Identifier 33033 (accession number), CHS-33033 (call number), CHS-33033 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2230 (legacy record id), chs-m1357 (legacy record id), USC-3-1-1-1403 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2230

Unique identifier UC115826

Legacy Identifier CHS-33033.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.3 in × 12.2 in at 300dpi
49.1 cm × 31.0 cm at 300dpi

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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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