California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

View of the intersection of Irolo Street and Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, January 1931

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View of the intersection of Irolo Street and Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, January 1931

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Photograph of a view of the intersection of Irolo Street and Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, January 1931. Wilshire runs from the foreground to the background at center and is intersected by Irolo at right. The Wilshire Boulevard Christian Church can be seen at left. It is a large, light colored building with a round stained glass window and tall steeple. Several early automobiles can be seen on the road at center. Small buildings line the street at right, while palm trees can be seen at left. A tall office building is visible in the background at center.; Legible signs include, from left: "Wilshire Blvd. Christian Church", "Sale", "Gaylord", "Irolo" and "Bus Stop".

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Title View of the intersection of Irolo Street and Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, January 1931

Subject Brown Derby Restaurant (subject), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Wilshire Boulevard (3 of 3) (file heading), Restaurants, lunch rooms, etc. (lcsh), roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1931-01

Type images

Format 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 13 x 17 cm. (aacr2), photographs (aat), transparencies (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 1931-01

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-m436

Identifier 35273 (accession number), CHS-35273 (call number), CHS-35273 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5274 (legacy record id), chs-m436 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-433 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-433 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5274

Unique identifier UC119553

Legacy Identifier CHS-35273.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.6 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
47.4 cm × 34.6 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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