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 streetcars on Hill Street looking north from Fifth Street in Los Angeles, ca.1924. A long line of streetcars is moving down tracks on Hill Street, and another streetcar is passing on an intersecting street. Many automobiles are parked along the paved roads, and dozens of pedestrians are visible on the concrete sidewalks. Several tall buildings, including two buildings over seven stories high are visible on the sides of the roads. A tree can be seen in the foreground at left. Legible signs include, from left to right: "Douglas Fairbanks The Thief of Bagdad", "Littles", "Los Angeles School of Optometry Eye Clinic", "Venice", "Slow", "Stop", "Absolutely Fireproof", "Schofield Engineering-Construction Company Constructing Engineers", "Los Angeles Ideal Office Building", "405 So. Hill St.", "Dentist", "The Owl Drug Co.", "Chiropractor Enter 506", "M & G Florist", and "Telephone".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. photographic prints photographs
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