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 5th Street, ca.1908. A majority of the buildings are at least three stories tall. Several horse-drawn carriage and early-model cars are traveling down the street (at right). Street lamps line the sidewalks on both sides of the street. Legible signs include: "[...]at Fifth and Broadway", "the Normandie", "L.A. Optical Co., dentists, scientific opticians", "Hanan shoes", "candies", "mission fountain, we make our own ice cream", "Broadway Drapery & Furniture Co., matting, furniture, rugs", "Weaver Jackson Hair Co.", "Pacific Music Co.", "Wilson", "[...]a dental", "frui[ts]", "457", "Cummings".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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