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Interior view of the May Company Department Store, looking east toward the Broadway entrance, March 1, 1942
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Interior view of the May Company Department Store, looking east toward the Broadway entrance, March 1, 1942
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Description
Photograph of an interior view of the May Company Department Store, looking east toward the Broadway entrance, March 1, 1942. The store is crowded with many shoppers, most of which are women. The women wear coats of varying designs, and many wear hats. A headless and armless mannequin wearing a sleeveless dress can be seen amongst the shoppers toward the left. Glass doors can be seen in the background, above which reads, "Broadway". Pillars and two other mannequins are visible in the right background. A sign visible through the doors on the other side of the road reads, "Rialto. Betty Grab[el], Victo[r] Ma[ture], Dorothy La[mour], Wil[li]am [Holden]".
Asset Metadata
Title
Interior view of the May Company Department Store, looking east toward the Broadway entrance, March 1, 1942
Subject
buildings
(adlf),
Interior architecture
(lcsh),
Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Stores (1 of 2)
(file heading),
May Company
(subject),
Shopping
(lcsh),
Stores, Retail
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
Broadway & 8th Street
(roadway),
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1942-03-01
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
1942-03-01
Creator
Curtis, Luther (Foster and Kleiser)
(photographer)
Contributor
Dick Whittington Photography
(provenance),
Foster & Kleiser (donated 1979)
(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.
Access Conditions
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m1312
Identifier
41315 (
accession number
), CHS-41315 (
call number
), CHS-41315 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-2187 (
legacy record id
), chs-m1312 (
legacy record id
), USC-3-1-1-1358 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
2187
Unique identifier
UC115760
Legacy Identifier
CHS-41315.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
19.6 in × 15.2 in at 300dpi
49.8 cm × 38.8 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
Linked assets
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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