California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Sunset Café and a market on a street corner in Los Angeles, ca.1930-1949

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Sunset Café and a market on a street corner in Los Angeles, ca.1930-1949

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Photograph of the Sunset Café and a market on a street corner in Los Angeles, ca.1930-1949. The café is on the corner of a building at center. Several signs advertise a range of food, and a man in a cook's uniform is standing in the doorway at left. An awning protrudes out over the doorway. The marked to attached to the café at left. In the foreground, a man is pushing a large machine, possibly a sidewalk cleaner. The man is wearing dark pants, a light shirt, and a hat, as well as gloves. Several automobiles can be seen parked along the curb at right.; Legible signs include, from left: "Market Wine Beer Milk", "Liquor", "Popsicle", "Delit Baker", "Adhor Milk", "Meat and Eat Albert's", "Sandwiches & Delicatessen", "Sunset Café", "Hamburger", "Liverwurst", "Bologna", "Fried Egg", "Home Made Soup", "Cheese", "Salami", "Hot Dog", "Corned Beef & eggs", "Pastrami & Eggs", "Salami & Eggs", "35", "Bologna & Eggs", "Tongue & Eggs", "Lamb Chops", "Wine by glass or bottle", "Drink Cherikeeta It's made from Sparkletts", "Delicatessen Sandwiches", "Double Cola", "Chili Soups Lunches Short Orders Soft Drinks Orders to take out", and "Drink Sparkeeta Root Beer".

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Title Sunset Café and a market on a street corner in Los Angeles, ca.1930-1949

Subject buildings (adlf), Jews (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Markets #3 (file heading), Restaurants, lunch rooms, etc. (lcsh), Stores, Retail (lcsh), Sunset Cafe (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1930/1949

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)

Date Created 1930/1949

Contributor Dick Whittington Photography (provenance)

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-m1366

Identifier 32425 (accession number), CHS-32425 (call number), CHS-32425 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2237 (legacy record id), chs-m1366 (legacy record id), USC-3-1-1-1412 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2237

Unique identifier UC115671

Legacy Identifier CHS-32425.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.0 in × 15.9 in at 300dpi
50.8 cm × 40.5 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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