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Description
Photograph of a panoramic view of Los Angeles's Central Market on Tenth Street, 1904. The large, open-air market is at center and is crowded with horse-drawn wagons full of food and produce. There are also many pedestrians wandering around the busy area. The market is bordered by long, low brick buildings housing stores and shops. A line of utility poles runs away from the viewer at center. Legible signs include, from left to right, "Imperial Produce Co.", "H & F Co.", "Sole Agents Covina Strawberry Association", "Tents Awnings Wagon Covers", "Produce Exchange Building", "Heidt Fruit Co.", "Durdore Fruit Company", "Vegetables and Fruits Dock Hop Co.", "Rivers Bros Co.", "Marston & Martin", "Receivers Western Fruit Co. Distributors", "M. A. Newmark & Co.", "Ridgways Tea", "Wholesale Shippers Adams & Rhodes Co. Commission Merchants", "Fruits H. Boogar Produce" and "Car Load".
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : photonegatives, b&w 13 x 10 cm., 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
Central Market Los Angeles--Architecture--Commercial--Markets #1 Los Angeles--Architecture--Commercial--Markets--Central Market Markets Horses Wagons Commercial sites
Time Period
1904
Place
10th Street California Los Angeles USA
Source
14131; 14131A; 14131B [Accession number] CHS-14131; CHS-14131A; CHS-14131B [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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