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 panoramic view of downtown Los Angeles from City Hall, ca.1887. Commercial and residential buildings can be seen in the foreground, while mostly residential buildings can be seen towards the background. A circular-shaped building is visible to the right of center. Several horse-drawn wagons are in the street. Undeveloped land is visible in the distance. Legible signs include: "Furniture", "Pharmacy"..., "Occident Stables"..., "Restaurant", "F. Thom[...] Parisian [...] cleaning [...]", "Lodging", "202, The Little Gem Restaurant, 202", "Wines, liquors, cigars", "204, Headquarters Eastern Gasoline and Oils [...], gasoline stoves cleaned & repaired", "Millinery", "Baths", "Kalso [...]", "Storage", "The new Natick [...]", "[...] Fredericksburg Lager [...]", "[...] City Steam Dying and Cleaning Works", "14, Stoves & tinware", "Gibson & Alexander bicycles, tricycles", "Plumbing", "The Model", "18, New York House, 18", "Chicago [...] bottling works", "[...]rama [...] the [...] of Paris", "Bicycle & tricycle ware rooms", "18, New York House, furnished rooms, 18", "Woodbury [...]", "Go to Wineburgh's for the best [...] in [...] shirts and underwear, [...]wear [..]ery, gloves, 209 S. Spring St.", "On the next block below, on the oppos[...], Wineburghs dry goods store [...]lace depot, 209 S. Sping St., trimmings, corsets, [...], special sale every day", "Olmsted & Wales, Panorama book store", "[...] iron metal [...]", "Hotel Fremont", "J.G. McMenomy", "Colton's Auction House", and "Pi[...]".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm., 20 x 25 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
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