California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Exterior view of the new Ralphs supermarket on the corner of Crenshaw Boulevard and Rodeo Drive in Los Angeles, April 25, 1942

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Exterior view of the new Ralphs supermarket on the corner of Crenshaw Boulevard and Rodeo Drive in Los Angeles, April 25, 1942

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Photograph of an exterior view of the new Ralphs supermarket on the corner of Crenshaw Boulevard and Rodeo Drive in Los Angeles, April 25, 1942. The market is at right and is a single-story, light-colored building with glass windows and doors around its perimeter. A large sign bears the name of the market at right. In the foreground, a large parking lot is full of large automobiles. Several pedestrians can be seen making their way from the cars to the market. This marked the start of new architectural styles for supermarkets in Los Angeles. Notice streamline motif, glass crick, closed windows. Prior to this, most L.A. markets were open front units.

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Title Exterior view of the new Ralphs supermarket on the corner of Crenshaw Boulevard and Rodeo Drive in Los Angeles, April 25, 1942

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), commercial sites (adlf), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Markets -- Ralphs Market (file heading), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Markets #3 (file heading), Parking lots (lcsh), Ralphs Market (subject), Stores, Retail (lcsh), Supermarkets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Crenshaw Boulevard and Rodeo Road (roadway), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1942-04-25

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 1942-04-25

Creator Stagg, Richard (Foster and Kleiser) (photographer)

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-m1358

Identifier 33234 (accession number), CHS-33234 (call number), CHS-33234 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2231 (legacy record id), chs-m1358 (legacy record id), USC-3-1-1-1404 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2231

Unique identifier UC115850

Legacy Identifier CHS-33234.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.9 in × 13.5 in at 300dpi
42.9 cm × 34.4 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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