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[Downtown Los Angeles street scenes].
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Title:
[Downtown Los Angeles street scenes]Abstract:
Daytime street scenes documenting intersections, buildings and businesses of several blocks of the historic core of downtown
Los Angeles to the immediate east of Bunker Hill. Streets depicted include Hill Street, Spring Street, Los Angeles Street
and 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Streets. Establishments depicted include hotels, restaurants and bars, print shops, strip clubs
and adult movie theaters, clothing and department stores, photography shops, drugstores, loan and pawn shops, repair shops,
etc. Many shots include pedestrians and cars. Los Angeles City Hall appears in the background of a few views.
Date:
1940 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caCentral business districts -- California -- Los Angeles -- Photographs
Streets -- California -- Los Angeles -- Photographs
Rues -- Californie -- Los Angeles -- Photographies
Central business districts
Streets
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Photographs
California -- Los Angeles
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Photographer unknown.
Typescript captions describing location present on backs of all prints.
Contact prints of 4 x 5 negatives.
Purchase from Daniel / Oliver ; 2021.
Downtown Los Angeles street scenes, BANC PIC 2022.038, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
graphicPhotographs.
Physical Description:
photoprint
24 photographs in 1 folder : gelatin silver prints ; sheets 11 x 13 cm (4 x 5 format)
Language:
English