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Title
View of Los Angeles looking north on Broadway through the treetops, 1895
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
1895
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
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
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Description
Photograph of a view of Los Angeles looking north on Broadway through the treetops, 1895. The Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) two-story, Victorian-style building with gingerbread siding is pictured at center, visible through the treetops (North-West corner of Broadway and Temple Street) , while at the right, the roof of the Hotel Aberdeen can also be seen (north of Temple Street, on the east side of Broadway). Soft hills can be seen on the horizon in the background, while tree foliage frames the image at the extreme foreground.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
transparencies
photographs
Identifier
chs-m2707
USC-1-1-1-2771 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-8962
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2707
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-8962.jpg
Subject
Hotels, taverns, etc
Los Angeles--General views (1890)
Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)
Aberdeen Hotel
Residential sites
Time Period
1895
Place
California
Fort Hill
Los Angeles
North Broadway
Temple Street
USA
Source
1-2-212 [Microfiche number]
8962 [Accession number]
CHS-8962 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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