7th & Broadway, Loew's State Theater, 1922

one of the most prime (i.e. most highly trafficked) intersections in America: where Broadway meets 7th Street in downtown Los Angeles.  --Martin Turnbull

1922, Loew’s, the parent company of MGM, opened the Loew’s State Theatre on one of the most prime (i.e. most highly trafficked) intersections in America: where Broadway meets 7th Street in downtown Los Angeles. It opened in 1921, and this photo was taken across the street in 1922. The movie playing there at the time was a flapper comedy called “Gay and Devilish” but it’s the banner at the top — PAGEANT OF PROGRESS AND INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION — that has me wondering what sort of new gadgets and inventions were on display.  Thank you to Martin Turnbull.