California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

View of Wilshire Boulevard seen from Detroit Street, May 1932

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View of Wilshire Boulevard seen from Detroit Street, May 1932

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Photograph of a view of Wilshire Boulevard seen from Detroit Street, May 1932. A street lamp bearing the sign for Detroit Street is visible in the foreground, just to the right of center, while two wide lanes of paved Wilshire can be seen slightly to the left, near a tall highrise building. At right, a lone automobile turns to the right down Detroit.; Legible signs from left to right include: "Dyas Carletone Cafe", "Drugs", "Eastern Radio and [...]", "For Space in This [...] Capital Co[...]" and "Flash Gasoline 11".

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Title View of Wilshire Boulevard seen from Detroit Street, May 1932

Subject Los Angeles -- Streets -- Wilshire Boulevard (3 of 3) (file heading), roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Detroit Street (roadway), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries), Wilshire Boulevard (roadway)

Temporal Subject 1932-05-11

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1932-05-11

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-m443

Identifier 36029 (accession number), CHS-36029 (call number), CHS-36029 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5622 (legacy record id), chs-m443 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-440 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5622

Unique identifier UC119641

Legacy Identifier CHS-36029.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.6 in × 13.1 in at 300dpi
42.3 cm × 33.4 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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