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 Los Angeles, looking west, north and east from the intersection of Ninth Street and Main Street, ca.1915. High rise buildings adorned by signs line the streets, in the foreground more prominent to the left, with smaller buildings standing to the right. Mountains are faintly visible along the horizon. Legible signs from left to right include: "Stillwell", "Hotel Yale", "Los Angelus Desk Co. / Office Furniture", "Majestic Theatre and Office Building.", "White Garage", "Egan School / Music and Drama / The Los Angeles Music College Seventh Floor", "Hamburger's / Broadway. Eighth & Hill Sts.", "Hamburger's / Largest Department Store in the West Absolutely Fireproof", "Terrill", "Bronson's Desk Exchange / Buy Sell", "Newmark's Cabinet", "J.W. Hellmann", "Pure and Healthiful Coca-Cola", "The Niagara / Furnished Rooms", "Central Bldg.", "Eastern Outfitting Company / Adjoining the Pacific Electric Building / Furniture Carpets Draperies", "Owl Cigar 5¢", "Anheuser Busch", and "We Sell New [...] Pianos".
Type
image
Format
5 photographs : photonegatives, transparencies, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) transparencies photographs
Coca-Cola Hamburger's Department Store Wrigley's Gum Anheuser Busch Los Angeles--General views (1914-1917) Los Angeles--General views (1920-1958) Los Angeles--General views--Panoramas Los Angeles--Streets--Broadway--9th to Olympic Los Angeles--Streets--Spring Street--8th to 9th Views Cities
Time Period
1910/1920
Place
-118.24875,34.04738 -118.24622,34.04349 -118.25336,34.04222 -118.25267,34.04399 9th Street & Main Street California Los Angeles USA
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