Monrovia CA View, c1920's
Scope and Contents note
Hand Tinted Black and White positive image of a road leading into Monrovia California. Foothills are on the left side of image and the paved road dips down into a small valley and then proceeds over a hill in the distance. Many early 1920's era vehgicles including one truck are on driving on the roadbed. The left side of the road is flanked with the older style wooden telephone poles with multiple wires strung across the old glass insulator type mounting points. The right side is flanked with newer style wooden poles carrying high voltage electrical lines. There is a banner strung between two sets of telephone poles, across the street which reads MONROVIA. Visible signs on the left side of the street include a hand written sign reading "Fresh Eggs 58c" Near this sign is a small table with stacks of boxes carrying eggs. Past that is a sign for "Hartford Tires" "(N?)elson & Price" The right side of the street has many signs that are not legible, but most likely advertising fruit crops as one has the word "WALNUTS". Other signs read "Wonderful Walnut Cookies, Plum Pudding, Walnut Fudge, Best in all the World" A hexagonal sign reads "Lee Tires" The slide is labelled "Monrovia California is 45 minutes from Broadway, Los Angeles" This slide features a black paper border with a decorative silver stripe around the perimiter to reduce the image size to approximately 7.5 x 6.5 cm. This slide is one of 4 similarly mounted slides depicting Monrovia.
Dates
- Creation: c1920's
Creator
- From the Collection: Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Extent
From the Collection: 146.01 Linear Feet (143 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository
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Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States
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