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Title
Birdseye view of the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue, showing the Wiltern Theater
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of a birdseye view of the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue, showing the Wiltern Theater, [s.d.]. Wilshire runs from the foreground to the background at center, while wester intersects it at center. The tall theater building can be seen on at street corner at right. An assortment of buildings can be seen along Wilshire, inlcuding a large domed structure at right. Many automobiles and buses are visible on the roads, and trees can be seen among the buildings. Low hills are visible in the background at right. A billboard at right reads "Old Grand-Dad".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m30171 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-37249
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m30171
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-37249.jpg
Subject
Palms
Automobiles
Theaters
Streets
Buildings
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Western Avenue
Wilshire Boulevard
Source
37249 [Accession number]
CHS-37249 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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