DOI: 10.25549/chs-c65-187
title: Panoramic view of Los Angeles from the Lankershim building, showing South Broadway (left), 7th Street (center) and North Broadway (right), November 1917

description: Photograph of a panoramic view of Los Angeles from the Lankershim building, showing South Broadway (left), 7th Street (center) and North Broadway (right), November 1917. The cityscape is thriving with commercial buildings. Notable buildings include the Hamburgers building (left), Los Angeles Athletic Club building (center), and the Bullocks building (right). The streets are cluttered with pedestrian and vehicular traffic. Streetcar rails line the streets.; CHS-5770 -- Legible signs include: "Hamburgers", "Vandergrifts shoes", "custom shirts, Machin Shirt Co., 8th floor", "Palais de Modes", "Chocolate Shop no. 3", "the Unique building, The Unique cloak & suit house", "Collins, importing, milliner", "Dromgold-Schroeder Co.", "Loftus oriental rugs", "Executive Garments", "Ostrich Feathers", "the Vogue", "F.W. Woolworth Co.; 5, 10, 15¢ store", "To[...]", "Isaacs Bro's bld'g.", "Marshall Field & Co., Chicago, wholesale dry goods, 8th floor", "Muller & Raas Co., wholesale, millinery", "Alex L. Stewart, sales, agent, millinery specialties, Frank E. Gregory, mfgr's agent", "Alexander Brick, woolens, entrance 745 So. Broadway", "Clayburgh Bros., silks", "Bertran Sign Co.", "Frank Smith", "Reich and Lievre, 4th floor, coats, suits, dresses, skirts", "carpenters", "Hotel Armstead", "Arrowhead Water", "Hotel Imperial", "Hotel Benz", "Hotel Havanna, [...] modern", "[...]uff Co.", "[...] Bentel Co.", "Colorado", "L.A.", "[...] restaurant", "Flanagan the tailor", "Lou Eckman, signs, Paul Good[...], house paint", "Coca-Cola", "groceries, ice cream & soda", "the Woodward hotel, modern fireproof, ", "Lagmar", "Hotel Trinity, absolutely fireproof, 350 rooms, $1 per day and up", "Stillwell, fireproof hotel".; CHS-5771 -- Legible signs include: "[k]nitting drive for 60,000 garments", "for lease", "national, state and county, councils of defense", "this fireproof bldg for lease long term, 50,000 sq. feet, Lawrence B. Burke - 631 S. Spring", "Hotel Olivet", "the Tribune, one cent", "1871-1910, for lease, apply Express-Tribune Co., 237 S. Broadway, 721, 719", "Los Angeles city home garden committee", "711, Rose millinery", "Kimono House, Japanese and Chinese goods, quick disposal, low prices, high class goods, get your xmas gifts here, shop here means savings", "store for lease, Metcalf & Ryan", "Petrova", "Strand Theatre, Grand Ave., Strand picture playhouse, exclusive, feature films [...]", "Grand Avenue", "Jean", "YMCA", "Bruckman building", "Kinema", "Ville de Paris", "pianos talking machine", "Bartlett Music Co.", "Los Angeles, 1920 - 1,000,000, W.M. Garland and Co.", "B.H. Dyas Co.", "Harris, women's outer apparel", "Dr. Rimmer, dentist", "the Tokyo, Japanese and Chinese goods", "Hotel Waco", "the Brack Shops", "Challenge Butte", "delicious and refreshing, relieves fatigue", "Hillman apts.", "Hotel Foru[...]", "Los Angeles Athletic Club building".; CHS-5772 -- Legible signs include: "Bullock's", "[bible?] Institute".; CHS-5773 -- Legible signs include: "Jevne's bread", "A.W. offices, Gesner Williams", "Richard Garvey", "Dr. Carey, eye, ear, nose and throat", "H.W. Pettebone, investments", "A.W. Ross, real estate", "cafeteria", "Orpheum", "billiards", "don't forget, Wrigley's, after every meal, spearmint", "Broadway [...]", "Albens", "Swelldom, [...] and suits", "Hotel Clark, 555 rooms with private baths, absolutely fireproof".