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 Eighth Street, Los Angeles, ca.1926. Automobiles and cable-cars make their way down Spring Street while pedestrians stroll the sidewalks. Shopfronts and skyscrapers advertise themselves from the foreground off into the distance. Legible signs include: "Radio [...] / Cut Rate [...] / Electric[...]", "Le Melle's Fine Shoe Repairing", "Safes Auto Park", "[...]onery Engraving", "Leonard's & Company / Investment / Securities / Stocks and Bonds", "Corporation Office Building", "Security Title Insurance Guarantee Company", "State Mutual Bldg. and Loan Association", "Financial Center Building", "Stationary" and the "I.N. Van Nuys Building".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
Corporation Office Building Financial Center Building Hotel Jovita Los Angeles--Streets--Spring Street--7th to 8th Streets Buildings Automobiles Stores, Retail Street-railroads Roadways
Time Period
1921/1931
Place
California Los Angeles Spring Street & 8th Street USA
Source
1-9-90 [Microfiche number] 6782 [Accession number] CHS-6782 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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