Image: Exterior view of The Hamburger's Store building (later became the May Company) on the corner of Eighth Street and Broadway, Los Angeles, ca.1912 (CHS-5541)

Description: Exterior view of The Hamburger's Store building (later became the May Company) on the corner of Eighth Street and Broadway, Los Angeles, ca.1912 Photograph of an exterior view of The Hamburger's Store building, in 1925 it became the 'May Department Store', on the corner of Eighth Street and Broadway, Los Angeles, ca.1912. The five-story building features cornices circling around the second and third floors, fancy ornamental moldings around the rest of the floors, and an extended flat roof. The first floor consists of mostly shops with their cloth awnings extended. The facade sports a large portico-like arched entrance. A few early-model cars are parked along the street in front of the building. People can be seen standing on the corners of the block preparing to cross the street. Legible signs include: "S. Broadway", "W. Eighth St.", "window shade linoleum", "cafA(c), 1881, 1906", and "18709" on an early model car. Call number: CHS-5541 Filename: CHS-5541 Coverage date: circa 1912 Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 Format: glass plate negatives Type: images Geographic subject (city or populated place): Los Angeles Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections Accession number: 5541 Microfiche number: 1-2-60 Archival file: chs_Volume48/CHS-5541.tiff Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Geographic subject (country): USA Format (aacr2): 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 20 x 25 cm. Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Subject (adlf): buildings Project: USC Repository email: specol@usc.edu Contributing entity: California Historical Society Date created: circa 1912 Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries Format (aat): photographic prints; photographs Geographic subject (state): California Legacy record ID: chs-m4484 Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. Geographic subject (county): Los Angeles Geographic subject (roadway): Broadway; Eighth Street Subject (lcsh): Streets; Stores, Retail
Title: Exterior view of The Hamburger's Store building (later became the May Company) on the corner of Eighth Street and Broadway, Los Angeles, ca.1912 (CHS-5541)
Credit: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/id/5129
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License: Public domain
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