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"Approach" views of billboards - Los Angeles: Street names O - W

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Ocean and Lime Olympic and Arapahoe Olympic and Barendo Olympic and Bronson Olympic and Cloverfield Olympic and Flower Olympic and Genesee (2) Olympic and Grammercy Olympic and Grandview Olympic and Hoover Olympic and Magnolia Olympic and New Hampshire Olympic and Norton Olympic and Olive Olympic and San Vincente Olympic and 21st Olympic and Vermont Olympic and Westwood Olympic and Wilton Pacific Coast Highway and Atlantic Pacific Coast Highway and 8th Pacific Coast Highway and Florence Pacific Coast Highway and Senator Pacific Coast Highway and 22nd Pasadena Freeway and Glenarm Peck and Ramona Pico and Alvarado Pico and Beverly Drive Pico and Beverly Place Pico and Bundy Pico and Clark Pico and Flower Pico and Hauser Pico and Mullen Pico and Orange Drive Pico and Roxbury Pico and Small Pomona Freeway and Azusa Pomona Freeway and Hatcher (6) Pomona Freeway and San Gabriel Freeway (6) Pomona Freeway and Water (6) Reseda and Kittridge Reseda and Ventura Riverside and Iowa (2) Robertson and Pico Roscoe and Noble Rosecrans and Crenshaw Rosemead and Bruin Rosemead and Colorado (2) Rosemead and Foothill Rosemead and Garvey (2) Rosemead and Longden Rosemead and Rush (2) S – Santa Ana Freeway Santa Ana Freeway and Artesia (2) Santa Ana Freeway and Church (2) Santa Ana Freeway and Fetterly (2) Santa Ana Freeway and Garfield (2) Santa Ana Freeway and Greenwood (2) Santa Ana Freeway and Indiana (2) S – San Bernardino Freeway San Bernardino Freeway and Gilman (2) San Bernardino Freeway and Herbert (2) San Bernardino Freeway and Indiana (3) San Bernardino Freeway and Marengo San Bernardino Freeway – Spec. S – San Diego Freeway San Diego Freeway and Carson (2) San Diego Freeway and Alameda San Diego Freeway and Atlantic San Diego Freeway and Century (2) San Diego Freeway and Compton (4) San Diego Freeway and Lucerne (2) San Diego Freeway and Main (4) San Diego Freeway and Vermont San Diego Freeway and Wilmington (3) S – San Fernando Road San Fernando Road and Central San Fernando Road and Pacific S – San Gabriel Freeway San Gabriel Freeway and Live Oak (2) San Gabriel Freeway and Lower Azusa (5) San Gabriel Freeway and Peck (4) San Gabriel Freeway and Pomona Freeway San Gabriel Freeway and Rose Hills San Gabriel Freeway (2) San Gabriel Freeway and Workmill Road Santa Barbara and Broadway Santa Monica Blvd and Avenue of the Stars Santa Monica Blvd and Bentley (4) Santa Monica Blvd and Highland Santa Monica Blvd and La Cienega (2) Santa Monica Blvd and Manning (2) Santa Monica Blvd and Rochester (2) Santa Monica Blvd and Roycroft Santa Monica Blvd and Sepulveda Santa Monica Blvd and Westbourne Sepulveda and Century (3) Sepulveda and Devonshire Sepulveda and Interceptor (3) Sepulveda and Parthenia Sepulveda and Santa Monica Sherman Way Sherman Way and De Soto Sherman Way and Deering Sherman Way and Laurel Canyon Sherman Way and Radford Sherman Way and Reseda Sierra Madre and Foothill Sixth and Alexandria Sixth and Alvarado Sixth and Fairfax Sixth and Normandie (2) Sixth and St. Andrews Slauson and Downey Road Slauson and Fairfax (2) Slauson and La Brea Slauson and Morgan Soto and Eighth Spring and Bellflower Spring and Third (2) Sunset and Alta Loma (2) Sunset and Argyle Sunset and Bronson (2) Sunset and Glendale Sunset and Harper Sunset and Hayworth Sunset and Highland Sunset and Horn Sunset and Holloway for Presentation Books, 1971 (2) Sunset and Ivar (2) Sunset and King's Road Sunset and La Brea Sunset and Laurel Sunset and Queens Sunset and Quintero Sunset and Selma Sunset and Sherbourne (3) Sunset and Sweetzer (2) Third and Gardner (4) Topanga Canyon and Nordhoff Topanga Canyon and Marilla Valley and Hacienda (2) Valley and Temple City Boulevard Van Nuys and Addison Van Nuys and Burbank (2) Van Nuys and Chandler Van Nuys and Delano Van Nuys and Keswick Van Nuys and Novice Van Nuys and Wyandotte Ventura and Laurel Terrace Ventura and Fairway Ventura and Balboa Ventura and Gaviota Ventura and Radford Ventura and Van Nuys Ventura and Wilbur (3) Ventura and Winnetka Ventura and Woodley Ventura and Zelzah Vermont and Exposition Vermont and Florence Vermont and S. Hollywood Vermont and Sunset Vermont and Third (2) Victory and Babcock Victory and Cedros (2) Victory and Clybourne Victory and Goodland Victory and Lankershim Victory and Matilija Victory and Topanga Canyon Victory and Van Nuys Vine and DeLongpre Vine and Willoughby Washington and Hoover Western and 259th Western and La Mirada (2) Western and Lexington Western and Sixth Westminster and Harbor Westwood and Wilkins Whittier and Bogardus Whittier and Colima Whittier and First Whittier and Magnolia Whittier and Mills Whittier and Koopmans Whittier and Santa Gertrudes Willow and Fashion Willow and Long Beach Freeway Wilshire and Bixel, 1960, 1974 Wilshire and Bonnie Brae, 1969, 1975 Wilshire and Bundy Wilshire and Commonwealth Wilshire and Highland, 1961, 1974, 1976 Wilshire and Fairfax, 1967, 1970 Wilshire and Francisco Wilshire and Kinsley, 1965, 1970 Wilshire and La Brea, 1964, 1969 Wilshire and McCarthy Vista, 1964, 1965 Wilshire and Norton Wilshire and Shatto Wilshire and Sweetzer Wilshire and Union Place (2), 1964 Wilshire and Westwood, 1970, 1972 Wilshire and Wilton, 1969, 1972, 1975 Wilshire and Witmer 3960 Wilshire Blvd.

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Production date
approximately 1930-1996
Call number
photCL 488
Provenance
Purchased from Dawson's Bookshop, 2009.
Restrictions
RESTRICTED: Collection is housed in cold storage; extended retrieval and delivery time required.
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