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Wilshire Boulevard and Wilshire Christian Church, Los Angeles, Cal

Description: Image of buildings, automobiles, street, and traffic lights on Wilshire Boulevard as seen from the intersection of Irolo Street, with the Wilshire Christian Church at center left, in Los Angeles, California. Various signs on the boulevard read "Elise Helen excellent full course dinners" "KFAC," which is attached to the radio station transmission tower, the "Gaylord" building, "Standard Oil Products," "Standard Stations Inc." A double-decker tour bus, gasoline service station, and the Brown Derby restaurant are also visible.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1930s
Call number: photCL_555_06_1689
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New Union Passenger Station, Los Angeles, Cal. ; Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, Cal

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Two separate images of Los Angeles, California, consisting of a street view of the main building of Los Angeles Union Station at 800 North Alameda Street, with automobiles parked in front, above an elevated view of Wilshire Boulevard with the Town House Hotel building and Lafayette Park visible at right, and the Bullocks Wilshire building, with tower, at upper left, with a billboard for "Eastside Beer and Ale."

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B'nai B'rith Jewish Temple, Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, Cal

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Image of B'nai B'rith Jewish Temple, the present-day Wilshire Boulevard Temple, in Los Angeles, California. Street lights are seen and various storefronts on Wilshire Boulevard have signs that read "A.W Danielson Realtors," "Nell's Popcorn Candy Nuts," and "Furniture Fashions."

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Los Angeles - Streets - Wilshire Boulevard

Manuscripts

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Demolition of Hellman Mansion on Wilshire Boulevard

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Southwest corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Catalina Street. Property frontage was longer on Catalina Street than along Wilshire Boulevard. Billboards on the property's lawn.

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Hershey Arms Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard

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Hershey Arms Hotel at 2600 Wilshire Boulevard awaiting demolition. The English Renaissance building spans the entire block between Rampart Boulevard and Coronado Street.

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Open-air drive-in theatre, Los Angeles, Cal

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Image of a drive-in movie theater in Los Angeles, California, with a woman standing on the corner at the intersection of West Pico Boulevard and Westwood Boulevard. The writing on the drive-in signs read "Drive-in theatre sit in your car see and hear talking pictures on the world's largest screen - California's first" "turn all lights out here" and "drive-in theater admission prices adults $.35 per person."

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Wilshire Boulevard and Wilshire Christian Church, Los Angeles, Cal

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