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 streetcars on Broadway looking south from Fifth Street in downtown Los Angeles, ca.1908. At center, two streetcars make their way down the road, one with a sign reading "Boyle Hts" and the other with "Downey Ave". At right, commercial buildings line the street, including the Los Angeles Examiner building. At left, horse-drawn carriages are visible making their way along the street. Legible signs read: "Unique Theatre", "Hotel Pal"..., "Mattresses, furniture, rugs", "Meyer Block", "Your credit is good here, furniture", "Forve Peterbone Co.", "DuBois & Davidson", "509, Los Angeles Examiner, 511", "Caramel ice cream", and "Sarness everything".
Type
image
Format
4 photographs : photonegative, glass photonegative, photoprint, transparency, b&w 13 x 10 cm., 26 x 21 cm. glass plate negatives negatives (photographic) transparencies photographic prints photographs
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