View of Western Avenue looking north from Wilshire Boulevard, ca.1924

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Photograph of a view of Western Avenue looking north from Wilshire Boulevard, ca.1924. Traffic appears congested on the right side of the paved street, making its way across the intersection, at the center of which a traffic light stands. To the right, the Standard Public Market stands on the corner beneath a cluster of billboards, beyond which other commercial buildings can be seen along the road. To the left, the Bank of America is visible flying the American flag, while the one-story Kells and Grant Realty building is visible farther in the foreground. Utility poles line either side of the street, and mountains are visible in the distance.; Other legible signs from left to right include: "Hammond & Pe[...] Auctioneers", "Ford & [...]", "There's no cigarette within a mile of Camel", "Burton", "636 So. Western Ave. William Wilson Co. Real estate, Insurance, Rentals", "Keep an 'extra bedroom' in your closet. Holmes Disappearing Bed Co. Display Rooms -- Grand Floor Pacific Electric Building", and "Paulais. Candies, Pastries".

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Title View of Western Avenue looking north from Wilshire Boulevard, ca.1924

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Camel Cigarettes (subject), City traffic (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Western Avenue (file heading), Markets (lcsh), Paulais (subject), roadways (adlf), Standard Public Market (subject), Streets (lcsh), Traffic congestion (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Koreatown (city or populated place), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Standard Public Market (manmade features), USA (countries), Western Avenue (roadway), Wilshire Boulevard (roadway)

Geocoordinate 34.05966,-118.30812 (point), 34.06134,-118.30639 (point), 34.06151,-118.31082 (point), 34.06393,-118.30814 (point)

Temporal Subject 1924

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), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1924

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-m400

Identifier 9045 (accession number), CHS-9045 (call number), CHS-9045 (filename), isla id: S-4730 (identifying number), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5222 (legacy record id), chs-m400 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-398 (legacy record id), 1-11-23 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5222

Unique identifier UC119380

Legacy Identifier CHS-9045.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.9 in × 16.2 in at 300dpi
50.6 cm × 41.2 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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