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 Hotel Gray, northeast corner of Main Street and Third Street, ca.1905. The hotel stands at center three-stories tall with striped cloth awnings on many windows. The building also includes a pharmacy, shoe store, men's clothing store, and confectionery. Electric lines for the streetcar line are visible. Several wagons are parked on the street. Some pedestrians are present. Legible signs include: ..."lson", ..."ig [...]orks", "Chicago [...] laundry", "Gents"..., "New York Pharmacy", "Drugs", "Standard Shoe Store", "Boy's clothing", "Men's clothing", "Clothing, 270, Boots and shoes, Columbia", "Columbia Clothing and Shoe House", ..."low prices"..., "Hats, trunks, [...]s", "Gray", "276 Confectionery 276", "Meek Baking Co., [...], assorted bread, home made bread", "Hotel Gray", "Burbank Theatre [...] week [...] Jan. 1"..., "All groceries"..., "The Passion Play"..., "Los Angeles Grocery Co.", "Wait for [...] inside", "Take t[...] cars"..., "Furnished rooms, rooms for rent".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w 22 x 17 cm. glass plate negatives photographs
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