Panoramic view of Los Angeles from the Lankershim building, showing South Broadway (left), 7th Street (center) and North Broadway (right), November 1917, detail 2

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Title Panoramic view of Los Angeles from the Lankershim building, showing South Broadway (left), 7th Street (center) and North Broadway (right), November 1917, detail 2

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

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-c65-188

Identifier CHS-5771.tiff (filename), chs-c65-188 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 188

Unique identifier UC115306

Legacy Identifier CHS-5770/CHS-5771.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.5 cm at 300dpi

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Title Panoramic view of Los Angeles from the Lankershim building, showing South Broadway (left), 7th Street (center) and North Broadway (right), November 1917

Inherited Title Panoramic view of Los Angeles from the Lankershim building, showing South Broadway (left), 7th Street (center) and North Broadway (right), November 1917 (title)

Description Photograph of a panoramic view of Los Angeles from the Lankershim building, showing South Broadway (left), 7th Street (center) and North Broadway (right), November 1917. The cityscape is thriving with commercial buildings. Notable buildings include the Hamburgers building (left), Los Angeles Athletic Club building (center), and the Bullocks building (right). The streets are cluttered with pedestrian and vehicular traffic. Streetcar rails line the streets.; CHS-5770 -- Legible signs include: "Hamburgers", "Vandergrifts shoes", "custom shirts, Machin Shirt Co., 8th floor", "Palais de Modes", "Chocolate Shop no. 3", "the Unique building, The Unique cloak & suit house", "Collins, importing, milliner", "Dromgold-Schroeder Co.", "Loftus oriental rugs", "Executive Garments", "Ostrich Feathers", "the Vogue", "F.W. Woolworth Co.; 5, 10, 15¢ store", "To[...]", "Isaacs Bro's bld'g.", "Marshall Field & Co., Chicago, wholesale dry goods, 8th floor", "Muller & Raas Co., wholesale, millinery", "Alex L. Stewart, sales, agent, millinery specialties, Frank E. Gregory, mfgr's agent", "Alexander Brick, woolens, entrance 745 So. Broadway", "Clayburgh Bros., silks", "Bertran Sign Co.", "Frank Smith", "Reich and Lievre, 4th floor, coats, suits, dresses, skirts", "carpenters", "Hotel Armstead", "Arrowhead Water", "Hotel Imperial", "Hotel Benz", "Hotel Havanna, [...] modern", "[...]uff Co.", "[...] Bentel Co.", "Colorado", "L.A.", "[...] restaurant", "Flanagan the tailor", "Lou Eckman, signs, Paul Good[...], house paint", "Coca-Cola", "groceries, ice cream & soda", "the Woodward hotel, modern fireproof, ", "Lagmar", "Hotel Trinity, absolutely fireproof, 350 rooms, $1 per day and up", "Stillwell, fireproof hotel".; CHS-5771 -- Legible signs include: "[k]nitting drive for 60,000 garments", "for lease", "national, state and county, councils of defense", "this fireproof bldg for lease long term, 50,000 sq. feet, Lawrence B. Burke - 631 S. Spring", "Hotel Olivet", "the Tribune, one cent", "1871-1910, for lease, apply Express-Tribune Co., 237 S. Broadway, 721, 719", "Los Angeles city home garden committee", "711, Rose millinery", "Kimono House, Japanese and Chinese goods, quick disposal, low prices, high class goods, get your xmas gifts here, shop here means savings", "store for lease, Metcalf & Ryan", "Petrova", "Strand Theatre, Grand Ave., Strand picture playhouse, exclusive, feature films [...]", "Grand Avenue", "Jean", "YMCA", "Bruckman building", "Kinema", "Ville de Paris", "pianos talking machine", "Bartlett Music Co.", "Los Angeles, 1920 - 1,000,000, W.M. Garland and Co.", "B.H. Dyas Co.", "Harris, women's outer apparel", "Dr. Rimmer, dentist", "the Tokyo, Japanese and Chinese goods", "Hotel Waco", "the Brack Shops", "Challenge Butte", "delicious and refreshing, relieves fatigue", "Hillman apts.", "Hotel Foru[...]", "Los Angeles Athletic Club building".; CHS-5772 -- Legible signs include: "Bullock's", "[bible?] Institute".; CHS-5773 -- Legible signs include: "Jevne's bread", "A.W. offices, Gesner Williams", "Richard Garvey", "Dr. Carey, eye, ear, nose and throat", "H.W. Pettebone, investments", "A.W. Ross, real estate", "cafeteria", "Orpheum", "billiards", "don't forget, Wrigley's, after every meal, spearmint", "Broadway [...]", "Albens", "Swelldom, [...] and suits", "Hotel Clark, 555 rooms with private baths, absolutely fireproof".

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), buildings (lcsh), Bullocks (subject), cities (adlf), Los Angeles -- General views (1914-1917) (file heading), Los Angeles -- Streets -- 7th Street (1 of 2) (file heading), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Broadway -- 6th to 7th (file heading), Stores, Retail (lcsh), Street-railroads (lcsh), Streets (lcsh), Trucks (lcsh)

Coverage Spatial Broadway (roadways), California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Seventh Street (roadways), USA (countries)

Coverage Temporal 1917-11

Inherited Subject Automobiles (lcsh), buildings (lcsh), Bullocks (subject), cities (adlf), Los Angeles -- General views (1914-1917) (file heading), Los Angeles -- Streets -- 7th Street (1 of 2) (file heading), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Broadway -- 6th to 7th (file heading), Stores, Retail (lcsh), Street-railroads (lcsh), Streets (lcsh), Trucks (lcsh)

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.

Date Created 1917-11

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Type images

Format 5 photographs : glass photonegatives, photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 10 x 13 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

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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