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Crowd of shoppers at Grand Central Market
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Description
Order Number
00033763
Title
Crowd
of
shoppers
at
Grand
Central
Market
Collection ID
Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession
HE
box
551
Date
1946
Physical Description
1
photograph
:b&w
Historical Data
Located
on the
ground
floor
of the
Homer
Laughlin
Building
,
Grand
Central
Market
is
an
open
stall
bazaar
that
extends
from
Broadway
to
Hill
Street
.
It
is
home
to
over
40
merchants
,
selling
everything
from
food
, to
produce
, to
ice
cream
.
It
officially
opened
in
1917
, and
catered
to the
well-to-do
Angelinos
that
rode
the
Angels
Flight
Railway
,
allowing
for
easy
access
to the
best
open-air
shopping
in
town
. The
upper
portion
of the
building
, the
Homer
Laughlin
Building
, was
built
in
1897
and
expanded
in
1905
under
architect
Harrison
Albright's
supervision
, and
once
housed
an
office
for
American
architect
Frank
Lloyd
Wright
. In the
1990's
both
the
Homer
Laughlin
Building
as
well
as
Grand
Central
Market
underwent
a
major
renovation
and
residential
units
were
added
at that
time
.
Description
Shoppers
line
up
at
Grand
Central
Market
in
anticipation
of a
general
strike
in
L.A
.
food
markets
.
Subject
Grand Central Market (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Homer Laughlin Building (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Grocery shopping--California--Los Angeles.
Strikes and lockouts--Food industry and trade--California--Los Angeles.
Men--California--Los Angeles.
Food--California--Los Angeles.
Women--California--Los Angeles.
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format
Photographic prints
Reproduction Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at
http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html
for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
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