Intersection of Melrose and Western Avenues, Los Angeles. Looking easterly, 1928

Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) of intersection of Melrose Avenue and Western Avenue, Los Angeles. Looking easterly on Melrose Avenue showing traffic conditions without street car at terminal. Also visible are: automobiles, buildings (commercial in foreground, dwellings in background), utility poles and lines, sidewalk, curb, street light, bench, trees in background. Legible signs include: "Bank of Italy", "Go", "For rent", "Blacks[...] offices [...] doctors, law [...] realtors"...[?], "Commercial", "Dentist", "Seabord gasoline, Harryman & Myles, tires, tubes, repairing, oiling, greasing", "Melrose - Western, Phone HO.4784 - Harryman & Myles"..., "7 for $1.10"..., "Gilmore gasoline", "Quaker State Oil", "N. Western Ave.", "Stop your motor, no smoking"[?], ..."M.S. Drey traffic signals"[?]