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Property bordered by Sunset, Vine, Selma, and Argyle, Hollywood, Los Angeles. 1937



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  • Carpenter’s Drive-in Restaurant, Sunset and Vine, Hollywood, Los Angeles. 1932

    Carpenter’s Drive-in Restaurant, Sunset and Vine, Hollywood, Los Angeles. 1932

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    A slightly elevated view of Carpenter's Drive-in Restaurant at the corner of Sunset and Vine in Hollywood, Los Angeles. The lot around the octagonal building is filled with parked automobiles, and there are a few servers among the vehicles. The lot behind the restaurant is vacant, and behind that is a netted-in driving range.

    photCL Whitt 0724 ; Whitt neg. 0600

  • Miracle Mineral Water roadside stand, 1521 Vine(?), Hollywood, Los Angeles. 1930s

    Miracle Mineral Water roadside stand, 1521 Vine(?), Hollywood, Los Angeles. 1930s

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    A street view of a roadside stand selling Miracle Mineral Water, located at 1521 Vine(?) in Hollywood. There are numerous signs on either side of the stand describing all the positive effects and nutrients in the water. An employee in an apron stands next to the stand, which has several bottles on display, and a large sign on the front advertising for "One gallon free with each gallon purchased".

    photCL Whitt 1345 ; Whitt neg. 1474

  • Crowd at Miracle Mineral Water roadside stand, 1521 Vine(?), Hollywood, Los Angeles. 1932

    Crowd at Miracle Mineral Water roadside stand, 1521 Vine(?), Hollywood, Los Angeles. 1932

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    A crowd of people and automobiles fill the lot of a roadside stand selling Miracle Mineral Water, located at 1521 Vine(?) in Hollywood. Some of the people are trying samples of the water or carrying bottles of it to their automobiles. There are numerous signs on either side of the stand describing all the positive effects of and nutrients in the water.

    photCL Whitt 3110

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    Los Angeles

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    Photographs of Chinatown in Los Angeles (Items 58-132) depict parades and festivities including the first Fiesta de Los Angeles (1894) and the Feast of the Dead in Los Angeles (1902); street scenes including views of people and of businesses, such as the the Los Angeles Hay Market (Items 83-84); a glimpse of the Water Department on Marchessault Street (Item 86); the Mon Chong and Company storefront on Apablasa Street, one with Percival's mother in front (Items 102-103); the Guan Sun Company and Chop Suey Café; views of a parade and of Marchessault Street dated 1929 (Items 123-128); and photographs depicting Chinese graves and a Chinese tomb in the Evergreen Cemetery (Items 129-133).

    photCL 217

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    Hollywood. Highland Avenue; Hollywood Boulevard; Sunset Boulevard; Hollywood and Vine; Sunset and Vine

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    The Eugene Swarzwald Pictorial California and the Pacific Collection consists of 9,674 black and white photographs, negatives, a photograph album, magazine mock-ups, letters, and ephemera, dated 1909-ca. 1968. Eugene Swarzwald and the Swarzwald family collected the material for use in the magazine "Pictorial California and the Pacific." Images depict California and the West with some coverage of the rest of the United States and international destinations. The collection contains photographs depicting general city views of communities in California, scenic views of wilderness areas, images of parks, schools and universities, museums, and points of historic interest (including California mining towns and missions). The collection is strong in subjects related to leisure and social and recreational activities. Many of the photographs are by the Keystone Photo Service. Other photographers include Chuck Abbott, Adelbert Bartlett, Lionel T. Berryhill, Lil and Al Bloom, Hal Boucher, Campbell-Ricco-Mazzuchi Photography, Caroll Photo Service, Garth Chandler, Walter J. Collinge, Fairchild Aerial Surveys, George O. Fales, Frasher's, J. P. Graham, Dean Hesketh Company, Charles M. Hiller, Pat and G. E. Kirkpatrick, Don Knight, Albert J. Kopec, Ward Linton, Lothers and Young, Hubert A. Lowman, David M. Mills, Don Milton, Gabriel Moulin Studios, Karl Obert, Earle O'Day, Pacific Air Industries Aerial Photography, Dave Packwood, Padilla Studios, Maynard L. Parker, Jack W. Patterson, Julius Shulman, Spence Air Photos, H. W. Steward, Thiem, Harry Vroman, Whithurse Aerial Photos, and Steven H. Willard.

    photCL 310

  • Hollywood facing South, Los Angeles. 1918

    Hollywood facing South, Los Angeles. 1918

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    A panoramic view of Hollywood, Los Angeles, facing south. Some of the tracts in the foreground are undeveloped, but most are occupied by houses or multistory business or office buildings. A few of the plots also have orchards. Farther to the south there is very little development.

    photCL 470 (021)