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 panoramic view of Fourth Street looking west from Main Street -- site of the Van Nuys Hotel -- Los Angeles, ca.1887. Tall thickly foliated trees dominate the foreground. Mostly small commercial buildings line Fourth Street at left. The Street goes up a steep hill in the distance at the top of which several large Victorian houses are situated. Other larger commercial buildings and scattered dwellings are at center and right including a church. A few horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians are on Fourth Street. Legible signs include: "Shaving 10¢", "Market", "Niles Pease furniture & carpets", "Salisbury Block", "J.W. Davis Drug Store", "205, C.E. Donahue, fancy groceries", "Walton & Wachtel", ..."eachy Harness Emporium"....
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w 13 x 21 cm. 2 photographs : photoprints, b&w 5 x 7 in., 8 x 10 in. glass plate negatives photographs
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