Photos: Dollar Day in old L.A.

Hordes of shoppers descend on 7th Street and Broadway in downtown Los Angeles on a Dollar Day in 1956. This photo was published in the Sept. 8 Los Angeles Times that year.

Shoppers view Dollar Day specials in a photo published on Feb. 7, 1953.

A Dollar Day sale in a downtown department store. This photo was published on Sept. 10, 1939.

This photo in the Sept. 12, 1953, Los Angeles Times shows midday crowds at 7th Street and Broadway.

Dollar Day crowds on Broadway. This photo appeared on Sept. 12, 1937.