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Description
Photograph of a view of Spring Street near the corner of Second Street, showing a block of shop fronts, ca.1895. A dirty, paved street cuts across the width of the image, railcar tracks visible embedded in the pavement. To the right, the wheel of a cart or automobile is visible, while shown in the background is a line of flat-roofed one-story buildings occupied by shops. Written on the negative are arrows labeling parts of the block: "Corner", "Mrs. Longstreet 24 ft.", "Mrs. Drake 31 ft.", "Mrs. Miner and Alfred 65 ft.", "South [...]". Legible signs from left to right include: "Sudenberg & Co. Fine Havana Cigars", "Made of the finest Vuelta Abajo", "Telegraph Office", "Duffin's Overland Cut Rate Ticket Office", "Rail Road Tickets Bought Sold and Exchanged. Cut rates to all points Member A.T.B.A. Excursion tickets bought and sold", "Frank M. Kelsey Real Estate. Insurance", "Los Angeles Pressed Brick and Terra Cotta Co.", "Burlington Route Overland Ticket Office. Weekly Excursions to the East", "Oil and Gasoline", "Marcher [...] jewelry. Precious Stones. Wholesale & Retail. Opals", "Shaving 10 cents", "First Class 5 cent Shine", "Men's shoes: cost. Ladies' shoes: below cost", "J. Small Boots and Shoes. Repairing Done", "[...]onis Bros. wholesale dealers in Fruit and Produce", "Woodbury Business College", "Stoves, Agate Irons, Tinware", "The Fair", "Crockery, Glass Wood and Willow-ware", "Cutlery, Silverware, Toys Etc.", and "Dye".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
Los Angeles--Architecture--Commercial--Stores (2 of 2) Retail trade Commercial sites
Time Period
circa 1895
Place
-118.24469,34.05197 -118.24418,34.05167 -118.24469,34.05132 -118.24511,34.05162 2nd Street & Spring Street California Downtown Los Angeles Los Angeles USA Woodbury Business College Los Angeles Pressed Brick and Terra Cotta Company Telegraph Office
Source
1-9-124 [Microfiche number] 12626 [Accession number] CHS-12626 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity] isla id: S-4605 [Identifying number]
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