English: Color photocrome postcard of Wilshire Boulevard through the Miracle Mile district of Los Angeles, California during the early 1960s. The Lee Tower (built in 1958 by D. Everett Lee) is seen on the left-hand side background, the Mullen & Bluett building (built in 1949 by Stiles O. Clements) is seen on the right-hand side foreground and the Desmond's Hancock Park Store (built in 1928 by Gilbert S. Underwood) is seen on the right-hand side background. View looking east on Wilshire Boulevard between South Ridgeley Street and South Burnside Avenue. The back of the postcard reads:
ON THE MIRACLE MILE WILSHIRE BOULEVARD LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
Extending from downtown Los Angeles to the ocean at Santa Monica, this famous boulevard is one of the most beautiful thoroughfares in the United States. COLOR PHOTO BY ELLIS-SAWYER
L.169–WESTERN PUBL. & NOV. CO., 259 SO. LOS ANGELES ST., L.A., CALIF.
CURTEICHCOLOR ® 3-D NATURAL COLOR REPRODUCTION (REG. U. S. A. PAT OFF.)
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