Subject: Automobile shows--California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: A similar photograph of the same event is captioned, "Gleaming Super-Streamlined New Cars Make Debut Crowds flock about the new 1939 model motorcars at the automobile show which had its opening here last night. Times photo," Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 1938: A6
Date:: [between November 13-20, 1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Herod, Jack, b. ca. 1916
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Aerial view of the corner of Hill and Washington. Crowds of spectators flee from exhibition grounds where the auto show had been held. A sign reading "Show" is all that is left of the tent. The exhibition grounds are otherwise smoky and visibility is low. Reported on in "Fire Sweeps Auto Show; Loss Totals $1,250,000: Spectators Escape Without Panic; Spark Makes Fiery Furnace of Cars Housed in Four Tents," Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 1929: 1.
Date:: March 5, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: View of motorized equipment of the Fortieth Division of the United States Army on display at the Los Angeles Automobile Show in front of the Pan-Pacific Auditorium (7600 West Beverly Boulevard, destroyed by fire in 1983). Spectators observe guns or canons on wheels are positioned in front of a row of Army trucks. The auditorium was an example of streamline modern style architecture.
Date:: November 9, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Related to the article, "Auto Show Ends Today," 10 Nov. 1935: 15.
Date:: November 9, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Reported in "Autos Put in Show Tents: Last-Minute Preparations Made for Opening of Motor Exhibition Tomorrow," Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 1929: A1.
Date:: [circa February-March 1929]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: A crowd watches smoke billowing from what used to be the auto show exhibition tents. To the left a sign reads "Autoshow." Individuals cross the street to join the crowd. A long hose lies on the street. Reported in "Fire Sweeps Auto Show; Loss Totals $1,250,000: Spectators Escape Without Panic; Spark Makes Fiery Furnace of Cars Housed in Four Tents," Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 1929: 1.
Date:: March 5, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: A sports car, or roadster, parked on the sidewalk, with its hood burned through exposing the engine and steering mechanisms. Behind it are shells of approximately four other obscured by smoke. Two individuals stand in the rubble to the right and behind this featured car. Image appears with the photo group titled "Panoramic View of Auto Show Grounds Taken During $1,250,000 Fire," Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 1929: 15.
Date:: March 5, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Overhead view with spectators watch from Hill Street, on the right, and Washington Blvd., runing horizontally in the frame, with cars are on the street behind them. A long hose is on the street. A similar image taken on the same occasion appears with the article "Panoramic View of Auto Show Grounds Taken During $1,250,000 Fire," Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 1929: 15.
Date:: March 5, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: A man showcases features of new De Soto airflow models as crowd watches.
Date:: February, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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