Identifier	clloy_200
Title	Main Street of Culver City, Los Angeles, Cal.
Creator	Unknown
Date Published	circa 1920
Subject (Topic)	Streets--California--Culver City; Stores, Retail--California--Culver City;
Subject (Place)	Culver City (Calif.); Main Street (Culver City, Calif.);
Type	image
Form/Genre	Postcards
Physical Description	1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Status	public domain
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/collections/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher	Pacific Novelty Co.
Place of Publication	San Francisco; Los Angeles;
Language	eng
Description	A daytime view looking south along Main Street in Culver City, California. On the right is the Pacific Building & Loan Association building, and other businesses along the street include a hardware store and real estate office. Streetcar tracks run along the cross street, possibly Venice Blvd., in the foreground.
Historical Background	Culver City was developed on land that was formerly part of Rancho La Ballona, belonging to the Machado and Talamantes families, and Rinc??n de Los Bueyes, which belonged to the Higuera and Lopez families. In 1913, Harry H. Culver, who had been working in a real estate firm in Van Nuys, announced his plans to create a city midway between downtown Los Angeles and the beachside resort town of Venice. The location consisted of only 1.2 square miles, but was located along railroad tracks and other transportation routes, and in a temperate area. He formed the Culver Investment Company, and began working to create a community that balanced commercial and residential interests. Over the next fifty years, the city would prosper and grow in size to about five square miles. In 1915, Culver convinced Thomas Ince to move his Inceville movie studios to the new community, and throughout Culver City's early years, movie studios provided the economic base for the area. Culver City incorporated in 1917.
Publisher's Identifier	Publisher's serial number: No. 190
Source	Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection