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 Spring Street looking north from First Street on the opening day of the cable-car line, June 8, 1889. A cable-car and its trailer car, decorated with American-flag banners and full of passengers, makes its way down the street in the right foreground while horse-drawn carriages navigate it further back. A crowd of spectators have gathered in the left foreground to watch the cars, a utility pole jutting up from the center of them. High rise buildings with commercial signs line the street to either side. Legible signs include: "Union Loan Office", "CIG", "Mr. Sign Co. / [...] Sign & House Painters", "Tribune" and "Gardener's Toast[...]ounder".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 26 x 21 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
Electric Car Streetcar Parasol Los Angeles--Streets--Spring Street--North of 1st Streets Buildings Railroads, Cable Carriages and carts Rites and ceremonies Cities
Time Period
1889-06-08
Place
-118.24174,34.05501 -118.24234,34.05405 -118.24352,34.05276 -118.24252,34.05419 California Downtown Los Angeles Los Angeles Spring Street & 1st Street USA
Source
1-9-101 [Microfiche number] 7076 [Accession number] CHS-7076 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity] isla id: S-92 [Identifying number]
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