cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m400
title: Looking west on Wilshire Boulevard from 4th Street, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, 1939

description: Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) looking west on Wilshire Boulevard from 4th Street, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County. Also visible are: automobiles, buildings (mostly businesses), pedestrians, railroad tracks, street lights, sidewalk, curb, trees in background, utility poles and lines in distance. Legible signs include: "Thrifty drug stores, cut rate", "Ralphs", ..."odie Smith signs", "Drugs".
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m401
title: Looking west on Wilshire Boulevard from 9th Street, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, 1939

description: Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) looking west on Wilshire Boulevard from 9th Street, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County. Also visible are: automobiles, buildings (mostly businesses), pedestrians, street lights, sidewalk, curb, a few trees, fire hydrant, utility poles and lines in distance. Legible signs include: "Antiques", ..."objects, pictures", "Koch"..., "Vogue beauty shop".
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m402
title: State Route 165, Figueroa Street, looking north from south side of "O" Street (State Route 60), Los Angeles County, 1939

description: Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) of State Route 165 (Figueroa Street) looking north from south side of "O" Street (State Route 60), Los Angeles County. Figueroa Street is under construction. Also visible are: service station, oil derricks & storage tanks, utility poles and lines, truck(?). Legible signs include: "Stop", "Union", ..."St."
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m403
title: State Route 165, Figueroa Street, looking south from north side of "O" Street (State Route 60), Los Angeles County, 1939

description: Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) of State Route 165 (Figueroa Street) looking south from north side of "O" Street (State Route 60), Los Angeles County. Figueroa Street is under construction. Also visible are: utility poles and lines, undeveloped open fields, houses and trees in the distance, wooden guardrail. No legible signs.
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m404
title: State Route 165, Figueroa Street, looking north from south side of Lomita Avenue, Los Angeles County, 1939

description: Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) of State Route 165 (Figueroa Street) looking north from south side Lomita Avenue, Los Angeles County. Also visible are: oil derricks, utility poles and lines, trees, piles of earth. Legible signs include: "LA 165 LA".
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m405
title: State Route 165, Figueroa Street, looking south from north side of Lomita Avenue, Los Angeles County, 1939

description: Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) of State Route 165 (Figueroa Street) looking south from north side Lomita Avenue, Los Angeles County. Figueroa Street is under construction. Also visible are: a few oil derricks, oil storage tank, utility poles and lines, automobile, road blocksign, a few trees, undeveloped land. Legible signs include: "P.W.A. federal emergency, Administration of Public Works, paving Figueroa Street"....
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m706
title: Looking north along west side of Hope Street from point south of Ninth Street, Los Angeles, 1939

description: Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) closeup looking north along west side of Hope Street from point south of 9th Street, Los Angeles. Note dangerous spread of steel rails over drainage opening at southwest corner. Also visible are: base of street light, other street lights, curb, sidewalk, pedestrians, automobiles, crosswalk, buildings (commercial). Legible signs include: "L.A.P.D. no standing", "Loans"....
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m707
title: Intersection of 113th Street and Maie Avenue, Los Angeles, 1939

description: Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) of intersection of 113th Street and Maie Avenue, Los Angeles. Dangerous, double dip across 113th Street (complaint #130, 1939). Looking west along 113th Street. Also visible are: curb, part of automobile, sidewalks, trees, lawns, fences, a few dwellings, utility poles and lines. Legible signs include: ..."Red Seal"....
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m708
title: Looking south along Maie Avenue at 113th Street, Los Angeles, 1939

description: Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) looking south along Maie Avenue at 113th Street, Los Angeles. Dangerous, double dip across 113th Street (complaint #130, 1939). Also visible are: automobiles (one driving through intersection in foreground, another parked in driveway in background), curb, sidewalks, dwellings, shrubs, fences, a few trees, utility poles and lines. Legible signs include: "113 [...], 1600 Blk."[?]
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m709
title: Drive-In Restaurant, Wilshire and Hoover, Los Angeles, 1939

description: Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) of drive-in restaurant, Wilshire Boulevard and Hoover Street, Los Angeles. Also visible are: parked automobiles and truck, waitress, patron sitting at counter in restaurant, apartment building with fire escape and umbrellas at base behind restaurant, a few other buildings, a few trees, sidewalk, traffic signal, street light, utility poles and lines, road. Legible signs include: "Simons", "Sandwiches", "La Fayette Apts.", ..."apartments"..., ..."Union Ice"....
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m406
title: Southern Pacific grade crossing on Verdugo Road, Burbank, Los Angeles County, 1927

description: Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) of Southern Pacific Railroad grade crossing on Verdugo Road, Burbank, Los Angeles County. Also visible are: houses, pedestrians, automobiles, sidewalk, curb, street light, utility poles and lines, trees, mountains in the background. Legible signs include: "Railroad crossing, look out for the cars".
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m710
title: Drive-In Theatre on West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, 1939

description: Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) of drive-in theater on west Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles. Also visible are: one automobile, speakers, fence, in background are trees, houses, utility poles and lines, mountains. No legible signs. It may be a drive-in theater constructed at 10860 West Pico Boulevard in the mid-1930s, just west of Westwood Boulevard.
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m711
title: Drive-In Theatre on West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, 1939

description: Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) of drive-in theater on west Pico Boulevardt, Los Angeles. Capacity 487 automobiles. Admission, adults 35¢, children 10¢, autos free. Also visible are: free standing wooden walls, speakers, large numbers "1" & "2", lights.
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m712
title: Looking west on 8th Street from Hope Street, Los Angeles, 1939

description: Photograph looking west on 8th Street from Hope Street, Los Angeles. Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) taken from top deck of Wilshire Boulevard Bus. Also visible are: automobiles, pedestrians, traffic signals, commercial buildings (mostly), street lights, utility poles and lines, crosswalk, manhole. Legible signs include: "First Methodist Church [...], Your trouble is our business", "Go", ..."Bank", "Hotel Congress"[?], "Cafe", "Ben's auto parts"[?], "Budget finance plan"..., "S. Hope"..., "The public"....
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m713
title: Looking west on Wilshire Boulevard from Westmoreland Avenue, Los Angeles, 1939

description: Photograph looking west on Wilshire Boulevard from Westmoreland Avenue, Los Angeles. Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) taken from top deck of Wilshire Boulevard Bus. Also visible are: automobiles, sidewalk, lawn, billboards, commercial buildings, street lights, crosswalk, curb, shrubs, American flag, utility poles and lines in distance. Legible signs include: ..."Brook"..., "I. Magnin & Co.", "Gaylord", "Bank of America, National Trust & Savings Association", "Royal Spumoni Ice Cream", "The little c[...] with the big"..., "Candy", "America's safest cars"....
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m714
title: Looking west on Wilshire from Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, 1939

description: Photograph looking west on Wilshire Boulevard from Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles. Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) taken from top deck of Wilshire Boulevard Bus. Also visible are: automobiles, commercial buildings, street lights, sidewalk, pedestrians, street car rails, manholes, a few small trees. Legible signs include: "Switzers", "Gaylord", "Texaco", "Sandwiches", "Capente's Chicken in the straw"..., ..."Hotel [...] do"..., "Super Chief, the Chief [...] go"....
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m715
title: Looking west along Wilshire from Serrano, Los Angeles, 1939

description: Photograph looking west along Wilshire Boulevard from Serrano Avenue, Los Angeles. Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) taken from top deck of Wilshire Boulevard Bus. Also visible are: palm trees line road, automobiles, sidewalk, buildings, pedestrians, street lights, crosswalk, curb. Legible signs include: "free park",  "Steven's quality [...] creams [...] service", ..."A-P [...] Free parking in rear", ..."our prices are not special, they are every day"..., "Newberry's", "Stack"..., "Wiltern", "Helms [...] bread", ..."yes [...]5", "Jean Leonard", "Wilson-Jensen Beauty", "Speed limit 20 miles", "Save b&w [...], Rale[...] b&w premium exchange"....
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m716
title: Looking west along Wilshire from St. Andrews, Los Angeles, 1939

description: Photograph looking west along Wilshire Boulevard from St. Andrews Place, Los Angeles. Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) taken from top deck of Wilshire Boulevard Bus. Also visible are: automobiles, decorative sidewalk, pedestrians, commercial buildings (mostly), street lights, traffic signal, some trees in distance. Legible signs include: "Furs"..., ..."buy in sealed cups", "Rain"[?]....
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m717
title: Looking west along Wilshire from Crenshaw, Los Angeles, 1939

description: Photograph looking west along Wilshire Boulevard from Crenshaw Boulevard, Los Angeles. Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) taken from top deck of Wilshire Boulevard Bus. Also visible are: automobiles, bicyclist, trees and bushes on right, sidewalks, street lights, buildings (mostly dwellings) on left, billboard, benches, fence. Legible signs include: "Cool [...] iced"....
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m718
title: Looking west along Wilshire from Lucerne, Los Angeles, 1939

description: Photograph looking west along Wilshire Boulevard from Lucerne Avenue, Los Angeles. Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) taken from top deck of Wilshire Boulevard Bus. Also visible are: truck, automobiles, pedestrians, vacant lots, yards, trees, houses, other buildings in background, street lights, crosswalk, manholes. No legible signs.
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m719
title: Looking west along Wilshire from June Street, Los Angeles, 1939

description: Photograph looking west along Wilshire Boulevard from June Street, Los Angeles. Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) taken from top deck of Wilshire Boulevard Bus. Also visible are: automobiles, vacant lots, street lights, sidewalks, curbs, crosswalk, buildings and trees in distance, mailbox. No legible signs.
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m720
title: Looking west along Wilshire from point just east of La Brea, Los Angeles, 1939

description: Photograph looking west along Wilshire Boulevard from point just east of La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles. Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) taken from top deck of Wilshire Boulevard Bus. Also visible are: automobiles, commercial buildings, sidewalk, pedestrians, street lights, crosswalk, utility lines, fence, traffic signal, American flag. Legible signs include: ..."Detroit [...], Free parking for patrons of Eastern", "Since 1892, low prices, cash, charge, budget terms, Modern home furnishings, Eastern, Broadway at Ninth", "Kress", "Williams"[?]..., "Myer Siegel and Company", "C.H. Baker", ..."food", ..."end"..., "McDonnell's Wilshire Cafe", ..."40 [...] 50".
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m721
title: Looking west along Wilshire from Burnside Avenue, Los Angeles, 1939

description: Photograph looking west along Wilshire Boulevard from Burnside Avenue, Los Angeles. Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) taken from top deck of Wilshire Boulevard Bus. Also visible are: automobiles, vacant lot, sidewalk, street lights, pedestrians, curb, commercial buildings, crosswalk and the Coulter's store on the left. Legible signs include: "Ralph's", "Burnside", "End 20 mile zone"....
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m722
title: Drive-In Restaurant at Fairfax and Wilshire, Los Angeles, 1939

description: Photograph of drive-in restaurant at Fairfax Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles. Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) taken from top deck of Wilshire Boulevard Bus. Also visible are: automobiles (some parked in lot), driveway, buildings (both commercial and dwellings), clock, pedestrians, mountains in background, utility poles and lines, street lights, patrons are visible sitting at counter inside restaurant, ladders. Legible signs include: "Simons, sandwiches, spaghetti, chili, fountain"..., ..."Signs"..., "Eastside Ale Beer", "Gol[...] 25 50"..., "May Co."
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m723
title: Looking east along Wilshire from Cochran, Los Angeles, 1939

description: Photograph looking east along Wilshire Boulevard from Cochran Avenue, Los Angeles. Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) taken from top deck of Wilshire Boulevard Bus. Also visible are: automobiles, other vehicles, crosswalk, pedestrians, commercial buildings, traffic signal, street lights, utility poles and line in distance, tall building in distance. Legible signs include: "OK [...] Co.", ..."all leather shoes $3"..., ..."Drugs", "Sontag", "Sale"..., "End-lock ties, slip small end thru, clip to shirt", "Melody Lane Cafe", "Best [...] Store"..., ..."Billiards", "Kress", "Chandler's exquisite shoes", ..."er", "Cochran".
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m724
title: Looking east along Wilshire from Highland, Los Angeles, 1939

description: Photograph looking east along Wilshire Boulevard from Highland Avenue, Los Angeles. Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) taken from top deck of Wilshire Boulevard Bus. Also visible are: automobiles, buses, trucks, street lights, vacant lot, service station, dwellings, trees, sidewalk, curb, traffic signal. Legible signs include: "Signal", "Lubrication".
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m725
title: Looking east along Wilshire from Lucerne, Los Angeles, 1939

description: Photograph looking east along Wilshire Boulevard from Lucerne Boulevard, Los Angeles. Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) taken from top deck of Wilshire Boulevard Bus. Also visible are: Wilshire-Ebel Theater, automobiles, sign, vacant lots, trees, street lights, sidewalk, curb, buildings (mostly commercial) in distance, traffic signal, pedestrian. Legible signs include: "Lucerne", "Wilshire Ebel Theater", "8:15 P.M. celeb"....
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m407
title: Southern Pacific grade crossing on Western Avenue, Burbank, showing unimproved portion of Western Avenue over property of the Southern Pacific Company, Los Angeles County, 1927

description: Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) of Southern Pacific Railroad grade crossing on Western Avenue, Burbank, showing unimproved portion of Western Avenue over property of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, Los Angeles County. Also visible are: open fields, trees, building (left), large sign, utility poles and lines, mountains in the background. Legible signs include: "When in need of lumber see Lounsberrry & Harris, Inc., 3122 San Fernando Road"..., railroad milestone "473"....
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m399
title: Glendale Avenue, Glendale, showing poor pavement construction along rails, U.P. tracks north of Broadway, Los Angeles County, 1926

description: Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) of Glendale Avenue, Glendale, showing poor pavement construction along rails, Union Pacific Railroad tracks north of Broadway, Los Angeles County. Also visible are: automobiles, bus, buildings (mostly businesses), curb, sidewalk, pedestrians, utility poles and lines, street lights, benches. Legible signs include: ..."big [...]rade"..., "Glendale station", "Hotel"..., "Ladies' & men's [...] quali[...] to"..., "Terminal public market"..., "Laundry", ..."Railway Depot"..., ..."Lunch, soda", "Frost".
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m469
title: Southern Pacific grade crossing on Western Avenue, Burbank, showing unimproved portion of Western Avenue over property of the Southern Pacific Company, Los Angeles County, 1927

description: Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) of Southern Pacific Railroad grade crossing on Western Avenue, Burbank, showing unimproved portion of Western Avenue over property of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, Los Angeles County. Also visible are: automobile, crossing signal, fields, a few houses and trees in distance, mountains in background. A building right behind the automobile is barely visible. No legible signs.
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m409
title: Looking north from foot of 53rd Avenue, Los Angeles County, 1940

description: Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) looking north from foot of 53rd Avenue, Los Angeles County. Beach is building up here, account new rock jetty for Ballona Creek Channel at 60th Avenue. This was the result of a 6.2 tide on 9 January 1940 accompanied by heavy ground swells and 30 foot breakers which did considerable damage to piers and ocean front property between Newport Beach and Malibu. Also visible are: beach, oil derricks, a few buildings, walkway, street lights, birds, ocean. No legible signs.
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m411
title: Fremont Avenue, Alhambra, looking north from Mission Road, Los Angeles County, 1940

description: Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) of Fremont Avenue, Alhambra, looking north from Mission Road, Los Angeles County. Also visible are: automobiles, truck, buildings (businesses), utility poles and lines, lawn, bushes, vacant lot, curb, pedestrian. Legible signs include: ..."Los Angeles 7, Alhambra 2, San Gabriel 4", "Boyd Lumber Co.", "Speed limit 25 miles", "C.F. Braun & Co."
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m412
title: Fremont Avenue, Alhambra, looking north from Mission Road, Los Angeles County, 1940

description: Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) of Fremont Avenue, Alhambra, looking north from Mission Road, Los Angeles County. Also visible are: automobiles, bicyclist, buildings (businesses), utility poles and lines, lawn, curb, sidewalk, storm drain, bushes, vacant lot, curb, pedestrian. Legible signs include: ..."Los Angeles 7, Alhambra 2, San Gabriel 4", "Boyd Lumber Co.", "Speed limit 25 miles", "C.F. Braun & Co."
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m410
title: Looking south from foot of 60th Avenue across new Ballona Creek Channel and rock jetties, Los Angeles County, 1940

description: Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) looking south from foot of 60th Avenue across new Ballona Creek Channel and rock jetties, Los Angeles County. House formerly owned by Mae Murray at foot of 63rd Avenue is white stucco house beyond south jetty. This was the result of a 6.2 tide on 9 January 1940 accompanied by heavy ground swells and 30 foot breakers which did considerable damage to piers and ocean front property between Newport Beach and Malibu. Also visible are: beach, other houses, street lights, ocean, utility poles and lines. No legible signs.
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m413
title: Looking north from foot of 64th Avenue showing erosion around house formerly owned by Mae Murray, Los Angeles County, 1940

description: Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) looking north from foot of 64th Avenue showing erosion around house formerly owned by Mae Murray, Los Angeles County. Construction of the rock jetties for the new Ballona Creek Channel between 60th Avenue and 62nd Avenue is probably responsible for the erosion. This was the result of a 6.2 tide on 9 January 1940 accompanied by heavy ground swells and 30 foot breakers which did considerable damage to piers and ocean front property between Newport Beach and Malibu. Also visible are: beach, other houses, oil derricks, street lights, ocean. No legible signs.
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m414
title: Looking north along Pacific Electric tracks from foot of Ivalee Street (about 1 mile south of Culver Boulevard), Los Angeles County, 1940

description: Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) looking north along Pacific Electric tracks from foot of Ivalee Street (about 1 mile south of Culver Boulevard), Los Angeles County. There was no erosion between Culver Boulevard and the south city limits of El Segundo. This was the result of a 6.2 tide on 9 January 1940 accompanied by heavy ground swells and 30 foot breakers which did considerable damage to piers and ocean front property between Newport Beach and Malibu. Also visible are: beach, utility poles and lines, a few trees, guard rail, ocean. No legible signs.
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m415
title: Looking southwest at Hyperion Pier from Vista del Mar, showing part of new beach area of 51 acres made by sluicing sand from city owned property at Hyperion, Los Angeles County, 1940

description: Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) looking southwest at Hyperion Pier from Vista del Mar, showing part of new beach area of 51 acres made by sluicing sand from city owned property at Hyperion, Los Angeles County. There was no erosion along this new beach. This was the result of a 6.2 tide on 9 January 1940 accompanied by heavy ground swells and 30 foot breakers which did considerable damage to piers and ocean front property between Newport Beach and Malibu. Also visible are: pier (offshore pipeline) in distance, railroad tracks, utility poles and lines, some scrub brush, ocean. No legible signs.
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m416
title: Looking south from end of Ocean Walk at 34th Street, Hermosa Beach, showing concrete walk undermined and cracked by heavy surf, Los Angeles County, 1940

description: Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) looking south from end of Ocean Walk at 34th Street, Hermosa Beach, showing concrete walk undermined and cracked by heavy surf, Los Angeles County. This was the result of a 6.2 tide on 9 January 1940 accompanied by heavy ground swells and 30 foot breakers which did considerable damage to piers and ocean front property between Newport Beach and Malibu. Also visible are: houses, porches, benches, pedestrian with umbrella (it is raining), street lights, railing, beach, ocean. No legible signs.
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m417
title: Looking south from 20th Street, Hermosa Beach (heavy rain), Los Angeles County, 1940

description: Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) looking south from 20th Street, Hermosa Beach (heavy rain), Los Angeles County. Note erosion about midway between ocean at low tide and beach walk. This was the result of a 6.2 tide on 9 January 1940 accompanied by heavy ground swells and 30 foot breakers which did considerable damage to piers and ocean front property between Newport Beach and Malibu. Also visible are: a few houses, pier, beach, ocean. No legible signs.
DOI: 10.25549/acsc-m418
title: Looking south from 18th Street, Hermosa Beach (heavy rain), Los Angeles County, 1940

description: Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) looking south from 18th Street, Hermosa Beach (heavy rain), Los Angeles County. Note sand deposits next to beach walk and erosion about midway between walk and ocean. Tractor is grading water course for drainage from 17th Street.This was the result of a 6.2 tide on 9 January 1940 accompanied by heavy ground swells and 30 foot breakers which did considerable damage to piers and ocean front property between Newport Beach and Malibu.  Also visible are: a few houses, pier, beach, ocean. No legible signs.