Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a view of Broadway looking north from Fourth Street, Los Angeles, ca.1895. The "Peerless Restaurant" is pictured on the corner, advertising the "Best 15 cent Meal in the City". Other legible signs include: "Kettledrum Coffee and Specialties", "Dye", "[...] Chase, Funeral Directors [...] Embalmers" and "Hairdressers". A church and four-story building are visible in the background while several pedestrians can be seen walking along the sidewalk. Trollycar tracks are evident embedded in the road. Telephone poles are also visible.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 13 x 18 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
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