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Description
Identifier
post_00296
Title
Broadway
at
Eighth
Street
,
Los
Angeles
,
California
Creator
Unknown
Date Published
circa
1920
Subject (Topic)
Commercial
buildings--California--Los
Angeles
;
Buildings--California--Los
Angeles
;
Department
stores--California--Los
Angeles
;
Stores
,
Retail--California--Los
Angeles
;
Streets--California--Los
Angeles
;
Automobiles
;
Cable
cars
(Streetcars)
Subject (Place)
Broadway
(Los
Angeles
,
Calif.)
;
Downtown
Los
Angeles
(Los
Angeles
,
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
Copyright Status
public
domain
Copyright Statement
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher
Western
Publishing
&
Novelty
Co
.
Place of Publication
Los
Angeles
Language
eng
Description
View
of
commercial
buildings
lined
up
on
Broadway
looking
north
from
8th
street
.
Hamburger's
department
store
is
visible
on the
left
.
Historical Background
Broadway
was a
major
corridor
of
Downtown
Los
Angeles
from the
late
1890s
to the
mid-1900s
.
It
ran
from
Lincoln
Heights
through
Chinatown
,
Central
Plaza
, and
Civic
Center
.
Broadway
was a
popular
destination
for
shopping
and
entertainment
. The
historic
landmark
theaters
on
Broadway
included
the
Million
Dollar
, the
Orpheum
, the
Palace
, and the
State
theatres
.
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
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