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 birdseye view of Los Angeles from the intersection of First Street and Spring Street, 1953. A large number of light-colored buildings can be seen from the foreground into the distance. In the foreground at right, the impressive Los Angeles Times Building is visible. A large parking lot can be seen in the foreground at left. Broad, paved streets are visible, and many cars and pedestrians can be seen on the roads. A low line of hills can be seen in the background at right. Also In view are the Nibblers Restaurant, Security First National Bank, Eagleson's, Sam Cook, Fidelity Building, Rowan Buidling, and the Biltmore Hotel.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
Los Angeles--Streets--Spring Street--1st to 3rd Streets Buildings Cities
Time Period
1953
Place
-118.24416,34.05316 -118.24669,34.04605 -118.25658,34.0409 -118.25618,34.05235 California Downtown Los Angeles Los Angeles Spring Street & 1st Street USA
Source
1-9-139 [Microfiche number] 32871 [Accession number] CHS-32871 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity] isla id: S-95 [Identifying number]
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