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DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6811
title: View of the intersection of Whittier Boulevard and Belvedere Street, ca.1924

description: Photograph of a view of the intersection of Whittier Boulevard and Belvedere Street, ca.1924. A bus en route to Los Angeles is visible making its way down Whittier at the left side of the image by a long row of cars parked along the sidewalk. To the right, other automobiles make their way down the road. One- to two-story brick commercial buildings line the street to either side, along with utility poles. On the corner in the far left foreground, an open shop appears to be vacant.; Legible signs from left to right include: "Lots. $300.00. 309 Whittier", "Lofilsland Co. Real Estate", "Bill's Place. Root Beer", "Laundry", "Tobacco", "Club", "Hotel", "C.F. Carlson & Co. Cleaners & Dyers", "Ford & Hannigan","Low", "Dancing", "Poultry", "Cigars", "Entrance in Alley", "James L. B[...] Solid Trailer Tires. Portable Gas [...]. Wheel Chains & [...]. Retire, Utility Tires", "Red Mill", "15 Mile Speed Limit", "Globe Furniture", "Credit", "E.A. Boies Building Materials. Phone Boyle -- 7170", and "Willey Funeral Chapel & [...]".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6805
title: View of Whittier Boulevard at its intersection with Belvedere Street in Whittier, 1924

description: Photograph of a view of Whittier Boulevard at its intersection with Belvedere Street in Whittier, 1924. Early automobiles make their way up and down the wide, paved street at center, which bisects the image as it diminishes towards the horizon. Near center on the left, an oncoming bus can also be seen. In addition to this, one-story commercial buildings can be seen behind the sidewalks, just beyond the utility poles that flank the road to either side. Legible signs from left to right include: "Rexall Drugs Soda", "M[...] Bakery [...] Lunches", and "Hospital".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6806
title: View of the intersection of Whittier Boulevard and Ocean View Avenue, showing a cargo truck, ca.1924

description: Photograph of a view of the intersection of Whittier Boulevard and Ocean View Avenue, showing a cargo truck, ca.1924. Two men in lightly-colored shirts drive in a topless car towards the viewer at left, while a tall cargo truck can be seen making its way down Whittier at the right. Farther right, a flatbed truck fileld with what appears to be wooden furniture can be seen parked along the sidewalk. One- to two-story brick buildings line the street to either side, along with utility poles.; Legible signs from left to right include: "B.W. Bendorf, Real Estate", "$500.00 Down", "44 Cigar", "Garage", "Charge Service. Batteries", "Electricians", "Favorite Cafe", "Hume-Benson Land Co. Real Estate", "Gas", "Drugs", "Hotel", "C.O. Mount, Chiropractor", "Lowrie [...]", "Eat", "Dancing", and "Hand Made Cigars Manufactured Here".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6804
title: View of Whittier Boulevard in Whittier, showing a milk truck, ca.1924

description: Photograph of a view of Whittier Boulevard in Whittier, showing a milk truck, ca.1924. Automobiles are shown making their way up and down the boulevard. To the left, a man on a bicycle pedals towards the viewer. To the right, a lightly-colored Crescent Milk truck is parked along the sidwalk with a slew of other cars. In the extreme left foreground, a driver can be seen through the windshield of his car. One- and two-story brick commercial buildings line the street to either side, along with utility poles.; Legible signs from left to right include: "Prest-O-Lite Battery", "Joe's Expert Shoe Repairing", "Lunch. Pool", "Real Estate", "For Sale", "Belvedere Clothing Co.", "Drugs. Soda", "Maximo's Bakery. Hot Lunches, Tobacco & Cigars", "[...]rite Drug Store", "Dr. Karl M. Walz, Dentist", "Hume-Benson Land Co., Real Estate", "Lowrie Real Estate", "500 [...] Bacon", "Signs", "Belvedere Feed & Fuel Co.", and "J.M. Schatz Market. Our Motto: Quality First, Service Always".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3649
title: Aerial view of Pershing Square showing the Biltmore Hotel, 1925

description: Photograph of an aerial view of Pershing Square showing the Biltmore Hotel, 1925. The tripartite building of the Biltmore Hotel can be seen in the upper lefthand corner, with the Detwiler Building visible just below it. Other similar highrise buildings help to encapsulate the verdant square at center, filled with trees and paths leading through the foliage to a paved hub in the middle.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2714
title: Birdseye view of Los Angeles looking east from Grand Street and Fifth Street, ca.1925

description: Photograph of a birdseye view of Los Angeles looking east from Grand Street and Fifth Street, ca.1925. At the bottom center of the image, what appears to be a small mansion stands incongruous with the vast expanse of highrise buildings that surround it. To its immediate left is a building with a sign reading "Mutual Garage". To the right, a domed building of some sort can be seen. Other highrises fill the rest of the image.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2676
title: Birdseye view of Los Angeles, looking west down Fifth Street and Sixth Street from Fremont Avenue, ca.1925

description: Photograph of a birdseye view of Los Angeles, looking west down Fifth Street and Sixth Street from Fremont Avenue, ca.1925. A wide highway cuts down the center of the image, forking into three streets at the center of the frame and opening out into a parking lot at left. In the lower lefthand corner, the four-story building of the Hotel Knickerbocker can be seen, while past some Victorian-style houses to the right, a wide area of cleared lot is visible. Farther up towards center and to the left, a two-story craftsman-style house sits incongruously among a collection of high rises. To its right, the Leigh Apartments and Harbour Apartments buildings can be seen. Farther back, the Commodore Hotel can also be seen.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14721
title: Exterior view of the Japanese Fancy Goods store and Employment office in Downtown, Los Angeles, ca. 1890

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Japanese Fancy Goods store and Employment office in Downtown, Los Angeles, ca. 1890. This one-story building is sandwiched between brick apartment buildings. Utility poles and lines are visible. Two men are walking on the sidewalk in front. A horse-drawn carriage is at far right. The sign above the main entrance reads, "Japanese Fancy Goods. Employment Office". Once misattributed as Governor Pio Pico's office when he was governor of California and Los Angeles was state Capitol.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2719
title: Birdseye view of Los Angeles looking south from Figueroa Street, ca.1925

description: Photograph of a birdseye view of Los Angeles looking south from Figueroa Street, ca.1925. The Union Oil Building is visible in the lower lefthand corner, sandwiched between Seventh Street and Grand Street, which are followed by Hope Street, Gower Street and Figueroa Street. Farther back on the same strip, the Hotel Trinity can be seen. To the left, across Seventh, the Hotel Stillwell can be seen, proclaiming itself "Fireproof" on its sign. Across Grand, the YMCA can be seen, while up and over Hope the Hotel Ritz is visible. Other highrise buildings fill the rest of the image.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6810
title: View of Philadelphia Street looking east on Greenleaf Avenue in Whittier, ca.1924

description: Photograph of a view of Philadelphia Street looking east on Greenleaf Avenue in Whittier, ca.1924. In the left foreground, the one-story Central Market building is visible, a canopy extending over its display windows. A little farther back on the sidewalk, a man poses against a lamp post. At center, cars make their way up and down Philadelphia, while others are parked along the sidewalks, both diagonally and parallel. To the right, a six-story buidling towers over the rest of the modest commercial shops. A tree-dappled hill is visible in the distance.; Legible signs from left to right include: "Whittier Jersey Dairy", "Soda Drugs Cigars", "Shoes", "Hotel", "Jewelry", "Cafe", "Luthen's Men Shop" and "Suits Cleaned and Pressed. Alterations".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18944
title: Birdseye view of Los Angeles looking south from Sixth Street between Figueroa Street and Olive Street, ca.1925

description: Photograph of a birdseye view of Los Angeles looking south from Sixth Street between Figueroa Street and Olive Street, ca.1925. Figueroa is pictured to the far right, angling off in the distance toward the left horizon. Progressing farther left, Flower Street is shown, the blocks between the two streets enclosing what appears to be mainly industrial warehouses or office buildings. The Hotel Ritz can also be seen on this strip, along with a parking lot near the foreground. In the blocks between Flower and the following Hope Street, the buildings for an unidentified hotel and an installation of the YMCA are visible. The next strip, held between Hope and Grand Street, the Union Oil building can be seen, along with the Hotel Trinity a little farther back. To the extreme left, between Grand Street and Olive Street, the Hotel Stillwell and the Walker building can be seen.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18975
title: View of a lily-pond in Beverly Hills Park, ca.1925

description: Photograph of a view of a lily-pond in Beverly Hills Park, ca.1925. At center, clumps of lily pads line the right side of the rectangular pond, extending into the distance. Farther left, concentric ripples can be seen on the water's surface. In the background, several hedges are trimmed into geometric shapes. In the left foreground, a partially visible sign reads "[...]rly [...]ls".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5431
title: View of a lily-pond in Beverly Hills Park, ca.1925

description: Photograph of a view of a lily-pond in Beverly Hills Park, ca.1925. Lily-pads and water lillies both large and small fill a rectangular pond that appears to be man-made. To the left, a sign identifying the park is overgrown with ivy. To the right, the concrete sidwalk can be seen along the pond's edge, with a well-groomed lawn and assorted trees farther back.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6812
title: Residential street Painter Avenue looking north towards the mountains in Whittier, ca.1924

description: Photograph of the residential street Painter Avenue looking north towards the mountains in Whittier, ca.1924. Bushy palm trees of the same height line the sidewalk to the right, behind which the porch of a one-story residential rancher-style home can be seen. At center, a topless automobile can be seen parked along the left side of the street while a van which reads "Motor Transit Stages" makes its way down the paved road. Farther back, more automobiles can be seen. In from the sidewalk to the left, a one-story modern-deco home can be seen with angular columns to either side of its entrance. Farther back, a two-story craftsman home is visible just in front of what appears to be the yard of a third home, where a car can be seen parked alongside a swatch of picket fence. The mountains are visible in the background, utility wires sloping down across their silhouette from the poles to the right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8862
title: Automobiles clustered at the opening of the Mulholland Highway, December 1924

description: Photograph of automobiles clustered at the opening of the Mulholland Highway, December 1924. Three rows of early automobiles make their way up the hill and through the mountains on the Mulholland Highway. Rocks and scrub vegetation cover the slopes to either side, a parked car and a wooden platform visible to the right, just off the road. At the peak of the hill, a banner hung between two trees reads "Welcome. Mulholland Highway. 55 Miles of Scenic Splendor". Despite this information, both the back of the photoprint and the picture file card list the road as Mulholland Drive.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m30529
title: Vine Street at Selma Avenue, showing the Lasky-DeMille barn on the southwest corner, ca.1925

description: Photograph of Vine Street at Selma Avenue, showing the Lasky-DeMille barn on the southwest corner, ca.1925. Automobiles sit parked along either side of the street. Many cars drive on the four-lane street going both towards the foreground and away. Large trees hang over the street from the sidewalks. Utility poles line the right sidewalk. Small buildings stand behind the trees on either side. To the left, a white two-story commercial building can be seen, while behind it, the Lasky-DeMille barn can be seen on the southwest corner of Vine and Selma. It features an eave and three windows in the larger section, while the smaller part of the building is south of it looking towards Sunset Blvd. The barn is now the Hollywood Heritage Museum (California Historical Landmark, No. 554). To the right, a building bears a sign that reads "Real Estate. Insurance. Rentals. Leases. Behind it, a building with a sign reading "Paramou[nt]" can be seen. Street lamps, utility poles and more trees line the sidewalks by the street. Note: Originally the photograph was captioned as "View of Vine Street at Sunset Boulevard, showing the Famous Players Lasky Studio, ca.1925".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m3359
title: View of Vine Street at Selma Avenue, showing the Lasky-DeMille barn on the southwest corner, ca.1925

description: Photograph of of Vine Street at Selma Avenue, showing the Lasky-DeMille barn on the southwest corner, ca.1925. The photo looks south from Hollywood Boulevard. Four lanes of automobiles make their way up and down the unlined street, while still others are visible parked along the sidewalks to the left and the right. Draping trees hang into the frame in the left and right foreground, obscuring the buildings behind them: to the left, a white two-story commercial building can be seen, while behind it, the Lasky-DeMille barn can be seen on the southwest corner of Vine and Selma. It features an eave and three windows in the larger section, while the smaller part of the building is south of it looking towards Sunset Blvd. The barn is now the Hollywood Heritage Museum (California Historical Landmark, No. 554). To the right, a building bears a sign that reads "Real Estate. Insurance. Rentals. Leases". Behind this, a sign reading "Paramount" can be seen, just above a sign for Coca-Cola. Street lamps, utility poles and more trees line the sidewalks by the street. Note: Originally the photograph was captioned as "View of Vine Street at Sunset Boulevard, showing the Famous Players Lasky Studio, ca.1925".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18945
title: View of the Santa Monica Ballroom and pier as seen from the shore, ca.1926

description: Photograph of a view of the Santa Monica Ballroom and pier as seen from the shore, ca.1926. Heavy surf is visible in the foreground crashing against the shore and the pilings of the pier in the distance. At the end of the pier, at center, the large arabesque ballroom building is visible. Minarets top each of the towers visible positioned at the corners of the building, while the tops of the exterior walls appear to be molded into decorative curves. Slightly to the right of this, a tower from which miniature boats hang appears to be an amusement ride. Scaffolding can be seen to the far right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5833
title: People strolling along the Long Beach Pike, just off the pier looking east, ca.1924

description: Photograph of people strolling along the Long Beach Pike, just off the pier looking east, ca.1924. The massive crowd of pedestrians strolling along the dirt path are seen from above, wedged between the three-story clapboard-sided building of what appears to be a central meeting house and a row of brick commercial highrises. Signs inscribed on the windows of the building in the left foreground read "B&H Transportation Company. John H. Betts, Jr.", and "Rumpsteele Company. Marketers & Exporters of Crude Oil". At center, a post holds a sign that reads "City Ord: Parking Prohibited on this Block". American flags hang with other assorted flags on lines strung from the buildings across the pike. The beach is visible in the far distance.; Other legible signs from left to right read "Cigar Store", "Pacific Awning Co. Tents. Canvas", and "Creamery [...] Popcorn".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14722
title: Desert near Death Valley, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of the desert near Death Valley. A mountain range is visible in the distance, [s.d.].
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5926
title: View of parked cars crowding Pine Street at Broadway in Long Beach, ca.1925

description: Photograph of a view of parked cars crowding Pine Street at Broadway in Long Beach, ca.1925. To the left, the corner of the Marine Bank building is visible, a van advertising a cleaning and dyeing service parked diagonally by the sidwalk in front of it. To the right, two men in suits and hats talk in front of the canopied windows of a three-story brick building. Farther in, two early-style buses make their way across the intersection, where a traffic officer can be seen standing on a pedestal. The remaining blocks of the street are lined with two- to four-story commerical buildings.; Other legible signs from left to right include: "Pershing Apartments", "Kodak", "Winstead Bros.", "Hotel", "Finney & Young Furniture", "Rooms", "Middough's Boys' Shop", "McGrew & Sons", "Lunch", "Children's [...]", "American H[otel]. Furnished Rooms", "Infants Girls and Boys Wear", "The Emporium. Dry Goods & Ladies Wear. Ed Ahlswede & Son proprietors", "The Angelus. Rooms and Apartments", "Steam Heat" and "Parking Time Limit: 2 hours, 9 am to 6 pm".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5917
title: Crowd of pedestrians on Pine Street during an Armistice Day parade, Long Beach, ca.1924

description: Photograph of a crowd of pedestrians on Pine Street during an Armistice Day parade, Long Beach, ca.1924. In the center background, a float that reads "Long Beach World Port" is decorated with miniature pier buildings and grass. Several men attend it. In the left foreground, a group of young men in suits and porkpie hats congregate just over top of the street car rails that are embedded in the dirt road. Farther back, a man leans over the edge of the roof of a nearby building, scraps of wood and planks piled next to him. Tall commercial buildings fill the rest of the image, a web of cable-car wires hung over the street.; Legible signs from left to right read "Scifres Tailor", "Security Savings Bank. Temporary Location", "Marine Bank", "Kress [...]0-25 cents", "F and M Bank", "W.E. Babbit", "J.V. McNeil Company Contractors.", "Graham Bros. Inc", "Geo. M. LA Shell", "Wesselne Marble & Tile Co.", "Jensen Electric Co.", "L.B. Marble & Tile Co.", "Allen Sign Co.", "WIlliam Farnum", "Photographs", "Dentists", and "Ask Ellis".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5903
title: Lincoln Park in front of the Long Beach Library, ca.1925

description: Photograph of a view of Lincoln Park in front of the Long Beach Library, ca.1925. A concrete walkway on which pedestrians can be seen standing and chatting or sitting in benches can be seen at center, extending from the bottom left of the image to the middle right where it is obscured by a tree. On the well-trimmed grass in the foreground, two youngster lounge on the ground, a girl in a lightly-colored dress and a boy in a silor suit and derby hat. In the distance, past two other walkways that are not lined by benches, a similar scene is visible through a clearing, with more park-goers congregating around benches. A parking lot whose sign reads "[...] Hall Auto Park 15" can be seen across the street.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5920
title: Ocean Avenue looking south along the cable car lines, Long Beach, ca.1925

description: Photograph of a view of Ocean Avenue looking south along the cable car lines, Long Beach, ca.1925. A woman in a lightly-colored dress and what appears to be a bobbed haircut is shown at center, crossing the street. Slightly to the right of her, the utility poles run cable car lines over their tracks in the center of the street. Farther left, busses and automobiles are whizzing by in traffic, while still farther left an empty wheelchair can be seen on the sidewalk, just to the right of the two- to four-story commerical buildings that line the block.; Legible signs from left to right read "Jewelry", "Watchmaker", "Long Beach Drug Co.", "La Follette Club Headquarters: Entrance 11 Pine Avenue", "Dr. Bowman, Dentist", "[...] Lewis Jewelry Co. It's Easy to Pay the Lewis Way. 112 Pine Avenue. Best Cash and Credit Jewelers in the City", "Dr. Rimmer, Dentist", "United Cigar Stores Co.", "Rooms & Apts", and "Cliff Dwellers Inn".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5928
title: American Avenue looking west, Long Beach, ca.1924

description: Photograph of a view of American Avenue (later Long Beach Boulevard) looking west, Long Beach, ca.1924. Automobiles run up and down the two lanes arranged on either side of the streetcar tracks at the center of the road. To the right, two cars are paked diagonally in front of the H&H Flower Shop. To the right, the Grover and Jane's Drug store and soda shop can be seen below a set of billboards on the corner across the intersection, customers visible through the large windows.; Legible signs from left to right include "Wm. Penn 5 cents. A Good Cigar", "The Times [...]", "Post Of[fice]", "Otto Berg's Bakery", "Clear Gas. 17 cents", "Elite Cafe", "Hires",  "Floral Designs & Decorations", and "Say it with Flowers".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5927
title: American Avenue in Long Beach, ca.1924

description: Photograph of a view of American Avenue (later Long Beach Boulevard) in Long Beach, ca.1924. To the right, traffic seems to be backed-up while a bus in the distance makes a turn in front of a nearby highrise building. At left, the road appears to be relatively free, one lane of traffic moving by the parked cars at left and the streetcar tracks at center. A number of commerical buildings with canopy-shaded windows can be seen to either side, lining the blocks. Farther in, these buildings give way to taller hotel and apartment buildings.; Legible signs from left to right include: "Tailors", "Moore's Reality Shop", "Books", "Electric Gar[...]", "Moore's Public Market", "Hotel Rolston", "Bakery", "Mira May's [...]", "Hotel Metropole", "Rooms", "Drugs", "Auto's Garage", "Frank L. Darling, Chandler & Cleavland Automobiles. Moreland Trucks", "Hardware", "Slatts for [...]", "American Pharmacy" and "Long Beach Radio Shop. Grebe Radio".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6453
title: Exterior view of the Hotel Virginia in Long Beach shown from the parking lot, ca.1925

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Hotel Virginia in Long Beach shown from the parking lot, ca.1925. What appears to be the back side and the recreational yard of the six-story cottage-style hotel is visible entering into the frame diagonally from the left. Parked cars are visible parked along the concrete wall surrounding the premises in the foreground, while still more can be seen parked along the building's side in the left background. Ivy covers much of the walls facing the lawn to the right, where groups of guests can be seen convening in circles, sitting in swinging benches, or around the white trellis at the center. Farther back, a concrete walkway cuts down the lawn from left to right, dividing two identical fountains. In the distance, the city can be seen with highrises that advertise "Dancing" and "Chop Suey".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m5819
title: Beach-goers in the surf in front of the Long Beach Pier, ca.1925

description: Photogaph of beach-goers in the surf in front of the Long Beach Pier, ca.1925. Men and women in bathing costumes can be seen standing mostly in the shallow areas of the shore, while farther in the foreground, a few can be seen neck-deep in the water. In the background, still more enthusiasts congregate beneath large beach umbrellas. Still farther back, the pier can be seen, the romanesque bath house decorated in striped banners to the left, while a huge tower slide can be seen to the right, spiralling down to the ground. In the background the city's skyline intrudes, revealing highrise industrial buildings and smokestacks.; Legible signs from left to right include: "Pacific Ice Cream", "Bill's Place: Cold Drinks", "[...]wd's Studio", "Crescent Ice Cream", "Lee's Sandwiches", "Hotel DeLuxe", and "Rialto".