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Title
Mobile blacksmith shop traveling down a street in Los Angeles
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
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
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Description
Photograph of a mobile blacksmith shop traveling down a street in Los Angeles, [s.d.]. A large flatbed wagon can be seen at center and is being puleed by two horses at left. On top of the wagon, two blacksmiths can be seen working near a large bellows. A sign on the wagon reads "On my way to Bill Hoppers Blacksmith Shop". A crowd of people can be seen lining the far side of the paved road. Automobiles can be seen parked in a lot in the background, while a streetcar is visible in hte foreground at right.
Legible signs include, from left: "Train and work in Hollywood", "Time to Study Hollywood Secretarial School", "Cafe", and "Hollywoodvale".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m20336 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-36229
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m20336
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-36229.jpg
Subject
Blacksmiths
Automobiles
Horses
Roadways
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
36229 [Accession number]
CHS-36229 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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