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DOI: 10.25549/chs-m209
title: View of Figueroa Street at Jefferson intersection, Los Angeles, ca.1924

description: Photograph (streetscape, horizontal photography) of Figueroa Street at the Jefferson intersection. The is moderate traffic on the street. In the foreground are several commercial buildings including a gasoline station (at right). Trees block the view of other buildings and homes in the background. Legible signs include: "tube[...] wholesale - retail", "Battery Station", "real estate", "Tupman", "washing, $1.00 and up", "modern lubrications", "Sam R. Sm[...], outdoor [...]".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m14759
title: Woman washing clothes on board at a stream on Camulos Ranch illustrating wash day for the book, Ramona, ca.1885

description: Photograph of a woman washing clothes on board at a stream on Camulos Ranch illustrating wash day for the book, Ramona, ca.1885. A house is visible behind her. A rough wooden bridge spans the stream further back. The Indian, Ramona, was made famous in this book by Helen Hunt Jackson.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m11283
title: The Shriner's parade on Figueroa Street and Santa Barbara (Plaza?), Los Angeles, looking north, June 6, 1925

description: Photograph of the Shriner's parade on Figueroa Street and Santa Barbara (Plaza?), Los Angeles, looking north, June 6, 1925. The float in the foreground depicts a biblical(?) scene where a women dressed in a bright toga-like dress draped with a darker sash. She holds a book in her lap. Several books lay near her. Behind her is a man bent over in the act of working (or writing?). The float's background is a cave-like structure with a dark circle in the center. Trailing this float is a Hawaiian float with people dressed in Hawaiian outfits walking next to the float that resembles a teepee. The crowd gathered on the sidewalk is massive. Flags strung across the street flies above the scene.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m11279
title: The Shriner's parade on Figueroa Street and Santa Barbara (Plaza?), looking north, June 6, 1925

description: Photograph of the Shriner's parade on Figueroa Street and Santa Barbara (Plaza?), looking north, June 6, 1925. A float depicting a beach scene is being trailed by other floats in the background. Crowd control people are trying to contain the major crowd that are gathered on the sidewalks and spewing into the streets. Flags are hung across the street. Utility poles line the street.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m1139
title: Craftsman three story home, Adams Street, west of Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, ca.1924

description: Photograph (streetscape, horizontal photography) of a large three story home with ivy covered facade and a flagpole in front.  Several different species of palm trees.  Unique six globe street lamp.  Photo taken about 1924. West Adams Boulevard west of Figueroa Street. According to some sources, it may be the Garland house at 815 West Adams Boulevard in Los Angels.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m375
title: View of Washington Boulevard, looking west at Cochran Avenue, Los Angeles, ca.1924

description: Photograph of a view of Washington Boulevard, looking west at Cochran Avenue, Los Angeles, ca.1924. The street shows light traffic. At left is an arrow sign advertising "[...]rtson Co., [...]vision". Homes are visible in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18847
title: View of Santa Barbara Avenue (or Plaza?) looking east from Hoover Street, ca.1924

description: Photograph of a view of Santa Barbara Avenue (or Plaza?) looking east from Hoover Street, ca.1924. A pair of railway tracks line the center of the street creating a divider between the two different directions of traffic. The streets are crowded with cars. Utility poles line the center of the street between the two railway tracks. Houses and buildings are visible in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m406
title: View of Western Avenue and Beverly Boulevard, ca.1924

description: Photograph (streetscape, horizontal photography) looking north on Western Avenue from its intersection with Beverly Boulevard. Commercial district with automobile traffic. Shops include Roy W. Clarke Realtor-Builder, The Frank Meline Company, Lewis and Koffman Realtors, Pacific Rose Company Florists, Western Chop Suey. Street car tracks in the street. Photo credit to Title Insurance and Trust Company, Los Angeles, Collection of Historical Photographs.; Legible signs include: "Roy W. Clark, realtor, builder", "the Frank Meline Co.", "furniture", "Chop Suey", "cafe", "C & D [...] transfer [...]", "Pacific Rose [..]", "Lewis & Koffman realtors", "Leighton Co. drug[...]".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m407
title: View of Western Avenue between 1st Street and 2nd Street, Los Angeles, ca. October 1924

description: Photograph (streetscape, horizontal photography) of Western Avenue near 1st.  A fire station is on the right. Looking north on Western Avenue between First Street and Second Street. Commercial district with automobile traffic and street car tracks. Fire Station, Wilshire Fireproof Storage Company, Sam Seelig Company Photo credits to The C.C. Pierce Collection, Historical Photographs, 1572 West Pico Street, Los Angeles, California.; Legible signs include: "[...]atz, [...] & heating, [contr]actor", "safety service", "Wilshire Fireproof Storage Co., movers and packers of furniture, shipping reduced rates, fireproof depository, household effects, automobiles, phone Dunkirk 1171".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m409
title: View of Western Avenue looking north from 2nd Street, Los Angeles, ca.1924

description: Photograph (streetscape, horizontal photography) of Western Avenue at 2nd Street. Looking north on Western Avenue from its intersection with Second Street. Commercial district with automobile traffic and street car tracks. Wellman Commercial Trust and Savings, Wilshire Fireproof Storage Company, Western Avenue Garage. Photo credit to The C.C. Pierce Collection, Historical Photographs, 1572 West Pico Street, Los Angeles, California.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m402
title: View of Western Avenue looking north from mid-block between 3rd and 4th Streets, Los Angeles, ca.1924

description: Photograph (streetscape, horizontal photography) of Western Avenue at 3rd and 4th Streets. Third Street Commercial district with automobile traffic, a church and some residential housing at the south end. Streetcar is crossing the 3rd Street. A banner hung over the street reads, "Coolidge - Dawes - Fredericks." Photo credit to The C.C. Pierce Collection, Historical Photographs, 1572 West Pico Street, Los Angeles, California.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m397
title: View of Western Avenue looking north from 6th Street, Los Angeles, ca.1924

description: Photograph (streetscape, horizontal photography) of Western Avenue at 6th Street. Looking north on Western Avenue at its intersection with Sixth Street. Commercial district, automobiles. Camel cigarette billboard. Legible signs include: "agents for [...], Burto[..] Real[ty], 766-931, Western [...], see us for Western Ave. Bus [...]", "children's clothes", "wallpaper", "McColl[...] Drug Co.", "there's no cigarette within a mile of [...]", "The Owl Drug Co.".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m18939
title: Unidentified house on an ocean cliff, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of an unidentified house on an ocean cliff, [s.d.]. The house is pictured at center, just barely visible below a steep slope, which is covered by cacti. Over the house, farther up on the slope, a large system of wires are attached to a tall pole that appears to be a lightning rod. Clouds are visible in the sky in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m398
title: Western Avenue looking north from Seventh Street, ca.1924

description: Photograph of a view of Western Avenue looking north from Seventh Street, ca.1924. Automobiles and a horse-drawn carriages make their way towards the viewer at left, while other traffic, a small bus admidst it, moves down the paved road to the right. Farther left, a two-story home in the style of a french cottage can be seen back off the sidewalk behind the foliage in its yard and the utility poles that line the street. To the right, most of the buildings that appear are commercial, filling the city. In the deep distance, the spire of a church can be seen against the backdrop of the mountains. No dividing lines are painted on the road.; Legible signs from left to right read: "Bank of America", "636 So. Western Ave. Real Estate", "Keep an 'extra' bedroom in your closet. Holmes Disappearing Bed Co.", "A beautiful roof forever. Granada Tile. Investigate the Cost", "Be Safe!", "Plessier Square Offices" and "James J. Donahue".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m396
title: View of Western Avenue looking north from Eighth Street, ca.1924

description: Photograph of a view of Western Avenue looking north from Eighth Street, ca.1924. Cars move back and forth along the paved road in the center of the image: In the left foreground, an ice truck can be seen, while farther back the mailman can be seen crossing the street. On the corner to the left, the three-story brick Serling Parr Building houses commercial interests. On the right side of the road, a row of nearly-identical two-story houses can be seen, canopies extending from their windows. Utility poles line both sides of the street, some of which are posted with a banner that reads "Hugh J. Crawford". Mountains are visible in the distance.; Other legible signs from left to right include: "Rent", "Drugs", "Santa Fe Cigars", "Wilshire Fireproof Sh[...]", and "A Beautiful Roof [...]".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m405
title: View of Western Avenue looking north from Tenth Street, 1924

description: Photograph of a view of Western Avenue looking north from Tenth Street, 1924. Automobiles make their way up and down the wide, paved road in the center of the image. In the right foreground, a junk truck hauls what appears to be a small furnace. A bus is parked to the left, just past the intersection, with cars turning by it. The two-story Burton & Co. Realtors building can be seen standing back from the sidewalk at right, one of a line of adjacent commercial buildings.  A man on a motorcycle can be seen directly in the center of the road in the far distance, his companion visible in the sidecar. Trees shroud what appears to be a park at left. Utility poles line the sidewalks. Mountains can also be seen in the far distance. Legible signs include: "Luncheon. Soda", and "Bus Stop. No parking between here and the next corner".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m400
title: View of Western Avenue looking north from Wilshire Boulevard, ca.1924

description: Photograph of a view of Western Avenue looking north from Wilshire Boulevard, ca.1924. Traffic appears congested on the right side of the paved street, making its way across the intersection, at the center of which a traffic light stands. To the right, the Standard Public Market stands on the corner beneath a cluster of billboards, beyond which other commercial buildings can be seen along the road. To the left, the Bank of America is visible flying the American flag, while the one-story Kells and Grant Realty building is visible farther in the foreground. Utility poles line either side of the street, and mountains are visible in the distance.; Other legible signs from left to right include: "Hammond & Pe[...] Auctioneers", "Ford & [...]", "There's no cigarette within a mile of Camel", "Burton", "636 So. Western Ave. William Wilson Co. Real estate, Insurance, Rentals", "Keep an 'extra bedroom' in your closet. Holmes Disappearing Bed Co. Display Rooms -- Grand Floor Pacific Electric Building", and "Paulais. Candies, Pastries".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m413
title: View of Western Avenue looking north from Adams, 1924

description: Photograph of a view of Western Avenue looking north from Adams, 1924. Cars move along either side of the hilly, paved road at the center of the image. To the right, A one-story service station can be partially seen, while at the left, a one-story hut can also be seen, apparently also commercial. Farther back and on the right side of the road, a sign reads "It is a bargain at 13000. [...]Rooms, 2-Story, Terms, Near Here". Farther still into the background, a large two-story house can be seen above the treetops. A flag pole flies the American flag outside the service station. Trees fill the left side of the street past the intersection. In the foreground, a sign in the middle of the road reads "Keep right".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m393
title: View of Western Avenue looking north from 39th Street, 1924

description: Photograph of a view of Western Avenue looking north from 39th Street, 1924. A man and a young child make their way into their parked automobile in the left foreground, while moving traffic makes its way back and forth down the paved road at center. One-story commercial buildings line the street on either side, along with utility poles. Legible signs from left to right read "Burton Davis. Ford", "Al Squires Insurance Real Estate",  "Pfaff & Davis General Hardware", "City Sash and Door Company" and "Radio".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m403
title: View of the intersection of Western Avenue and Santa Barbara Avenue, 1924

description: Photograph of a view of the intersection of Western Avenue and Santa Barbara Avenue, 1924. At left, a Clover Glen milk truck can be seen parked along the sidewalk, while other automobiles make their way back and forth down the paved street at center. Next to the milk truck, a two-story brick building bears the title "Dryden" and houses a Western Market and pharmacy. Across the intersecting street behind a tree, a stand sells potatoes at 10 pounds for 25 cents. To the right, the two-story brick building of the Hellman Commercial Trust & Savings Bank is visible, housing the offices of J. Hanley, D.D.S. on its second floor.; Other legible signs from left to right include: "Independent Station", "Ventura Gasoline",  and "Exposition Park".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6015
title: Birdseye view of Scovillis Park in Arroyo Seco, Pasadena, ca.1898

description: Photograph of birdseye view of Scovillis Park in Arroyo Seco, Pasadena, ca.1898. Two houses in the foreground are set among groves. The mountains are visible in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m395
title: View of Western Avenue looking north from Leighton Avenue, 1924

description: Photograph of a view of Western Avenue looking north from Leighton Avenue, 1924. To the left, a Kirman Plumbing truck makes its way along the paved road with the rest of the two lanes of traffic. Behind a tree to the right, the building that would later become Martin Luther King, Jr. High School can be seen, the American flag waving from its flagpole. Commercial buildings line the street to either side. In the left foreground, a Pan-American Petroleum Co. gas station can be seen, behind which the independent Ventura Gas Station can be seen. To the right, behind the high school, the Premium Gas Station is visible.; Other legible signs from left to right read: "Tell us your tire troubles", "Vulcanizing, Tire Repair", and "O'Neal Hardware".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m408
title: View of Western Avenue looking north from Expostion Boulevard, 1924

description: Photograph of a view of Western Avenue looking north from Expostion Boulevard, 1924. Automobiles make their way back and forth down the paved road at center, a florist's van moving away in the righthand lane. Brick commercial buildings line the street to either side, along with utility poles. To the right, a two-story brick building has been vacated and brandishes a "For Rent" sign just outside its door. A dividing line is visible down the center of the road.; Legible signs from left to right read: "Card & Schwarz Reality Co.", "Double Bungalow", "Croy", "Quality Laundry", "Eat", "Wizard Service Station", "Hal Malone Gasoline Deluxe", "Tailoring, Cleaning, Pressing", "33x4 Oversize Cords, $13.50", "30x3 1/2 Heavy Non Skid, $6.50", and "34x4 1/2 Oversize Cords, $17.50".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m392
title: View of Western Avenue at Vernon Avenue, ca.1924

description: Photograph of a view of Western Avenue at Vernon Avenue, ca.1924. One automobile crosses the width of the image on Vernon, while the majority of the other autos, including a bus and a lightly-colored car, make their way up and down Western. On the corner to the left, the two-story brick building of the Bernard Drug Company can be seen, just in front of the Benson Market building, where pedestrians can be seen making their way along the sidewalk. More pedestrians can be seen crossing the intersection at the extreme right of the photo. Utility poles that line Western to either side make a web of cables over the street.; Other legible signs from left to right include: "Hardware", "Mary Jane Beauty Shoppe", "Barber Shop", "Candy Soda Lunch", "Radio Sets", "Batteries, Generators and Ignition Repairs", and "Byers & Roland Gas 17 cents. 1 gallon for $1.00".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m938
title: Exterior view of the Vermont Avenue Presbyterian Church, showing gas station, ca.1925

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Vermont Avenue Presbyterian Church, showing gas station, ca.1925. The two-story brick church is pictured on the corner at center, and is comprised of several sections: on its foremost corner, a tower stands, a set of wooden double-doors on its ground floor. The tower rises two stories above the main building for a total of four. To the left, a large set of stained glass windows can be seen, along with a second entrance at the far corner. To the right, a one-story section of building connects to the final section; a three-story addition perpendicular to the main building. A set of doors can also be seen on its ground floor. In the far left foreground, the top of a gas station can be seen advertising tires and motor oil. A sign for "Hardware" can also be seen to the far right next to a line of parked cars.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6802
title: View of Whittier Boulevard at its intersection with Belvedere Street, 1924

description: Photograph of a view of Whittier Boulevard at its intersection with Belvedere Street, 1924. Early automobiles make their way up and down the paved street which bisects the image while it diminishes into the horizon. No lines are visible on the macadam. Just back from the road's edge, one-story commercial buildings can be seen running the strip behind the two files of utility poles that flank either side of the street. In the left foreground, a sign for one advertises "Shell Gasoline", and another "Garage". To the right, farther in the center of the image, "Robbins" can be made out on the broad side of one of the buildings.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6801
title: View of the intersection of Whittier Boulevard and Ocean View Avenue, ca.1924

description: Photograph of a view of the intersection of Whittier Boulevard and Ocean View Avenue, ca.1924. Cars are both parked along the street and making their way up and down along it while pedestrians traverse the sidewalk and cross the intersection. On the corner to the right, a woman in lightly-colored clothes stands waiting to cross, pushing a baby carriage. One- and two-story commercial buildings line the street to either side, along with utility poles.; Legible signs from left to right include: "F.M. Hale Hardware. Paints & Oils -- Stoves. Kitchen Supplies", "The Wonder Shoe Store", "Linn's Grocery", "Lucky Strikes: Now I know toasting gives a flavor that has them all lashed to the mast!", "Limbeck's Restaurant", "Rexall Drugs. Soda", "Tires", "Maximo Bakery. Hot Lunches, Tobacco & Cigars", "Hospital", "Belvedere [...] Department Store", "Dr. Karl M. Walz. Dentist", "All Nite Drug Store", "Bramel & Graham Kodak Finishing", "Gardens Radio. Parts, Sets, Supplies", "Hume-Benson Land Co. Real Estate", "Harris Press Printing", "Laguna Furniture", "Don't Forget the Belvedere Gardens Community Industrial Fair. Oct. 28th 1924", "Your Jeweler", and "Dr. C.C. Palmore, Optometrist".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6808
title: View of the intersection of Whittier Boulevard and Ocean View Avenue, showing a cleared lot, ca.1924

description: Photograph of a view of the intersection of Whittier Boulevard and Ocean View Avenue, showing a cleared lot, ca.1924. Automobiles and a bus make their way down the street at left, while at the right, traffic appears to be much lighter, and the two-story brick hospital buidling can be seen. Farther down the street, directly adjacent to this, a vacan lot is visible. Utility poles and other one-story commercial buildings line the street. To the far left, a large truck for the Daley's Grocery Store is parked, its back covered by tarp.; Legible signs from left to right include: "Daley's Chain Store Grocers", "Rexall Drugs. Soda", "Cigars", "Belvedere Gardens Express Transfer Co.", "Laer's Service Stations", "Sewing Machines", "[...] Club Ginger Ale", "Tires", "Tubes", "The Gazette Painting", "[...]obley Reality Co.", "Maximo Bakery. Hot Lunches, Tobacco & Cigars", "For Gentlemen of Good Taste, Try an Elverso Sometime. 2 for 15 cents", "Elwin Witt Ames, M.D., Physician & Surgeon", "Frank M. Wilson, M.D., Physician & Surgeon", and "Belvedere Gardens Department Store: Furnishing for Men, Women, Children and the Home".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6807
title: View of the intersection of Whittier Boulevard and Ventura Avenue, ca.1924

description: Photograph of a view of the intersection of Whittier Boulevard and Ventura Avenue, ca.1924. The wide intersection is shown at center, bereft of cars while a bus and other automobiles make their way down Whittier farther back. To the right, two men pose near a parked car, one in a mechanic's jumpsuit, the other in a vest and hat. One-story commercial buildings line each side of the street along with telephone poles.; Legible signs from left to right include: "[...]a Club Ginger Ale", "All kinds Sewing Machines. Rents, Repairing, Phone Angelus", "Hemstitching", "Real Estate", "Bob Laer's Service Stations", "Garage", "Jaquette Chevrolet Service", "Shell Gasoline", "Gasoline", "Hercules [...]", "Groceries, Fruit, Vegetables", "Caution, Fire Station", "Furniture: More for Your Money at Moores", "For His Majesty's L[...]", "Look Banannas. 20 cents a Dozen", "Foster & Kleiser", and "Bargains in Tires & Tubes".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6202
title: Orange Grove Avenue in Pasadena

description: Photograph of the north end of Orange Grove Avenue (north of Colorado Boulevard), Pasadena. It's an unpaved street heavily lined with pepper trees trees.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m6803
title: View of the intersection of Whittier Boulevard and Ocean View Avenue, ca.1924

description: Photograph of a view of the intersection of Whittier Boulevard and Ocean View Avenue, ca.1924. A car can be seen parked along the curb in the extreme left foreground, while other automobiles make their way down Whittier in the left side of the image. To the right, traffic appears to be much lighter. One-story commercial buildings line the streets to either side along with utility poles and pedestrians traversing the sidewalks. On the corner to the right, an empty lot can be partially seen, filled with rubble.; Legible signs from left to right include: "Rexall Drugs. Soda", "Gardens Hotel", "The Gardens Cafe", "J.A. Brown Real Estate", "J.L.K Shake Co.", "Comedy", "Bakery", "Lowrie Real Estate", "Signs", "J.A. Schatz Market", "Suits Cleaned & Pressed 75 cents", and "Cleaning & Dyeing".