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 Los Angeles Street, north from First Street, Los Angeles, ca.1910. The street is filled with pedestrian and carriage traffic. Commercial buildings line both sides of the streets. Many of the buildings display their business ads or business names prominently. Utility polls line the street. A confusion of utility lines hangs above the streets. Legible signs include: "[...]sons [...]er", "[...]r & co.", "109, Kingsbaker Bros. Co., 112", "wholesale cigars", "113, Azellerbach & Sons, 117", "wholesale dry goods", "notions & furnishing goods", "119, Johnston & Barret Dry Goods Co., 123", "wholesale notions", "wagons, buggies & carriages", "furnishing goods", "E.P. Bosbyshell", "coffee roasters", "California auto dispatch 303, 211-221 Alpine St.", "Fortin [...] [H]awkins", "106, American Barber College", "the great labor emporium", "we gave work to", "108, John Wigmore & Sons Co.", "paper boxes, book binding, and printing", "Bishop & Company, candy and crackers", "agency for Hermitage and Old Crow Whiskies, bottled in bond", "headquarters for ... whiskey", "128, Crane Co., 126", "stoves and metals", "plumbers and steam fitters supplies", "Meese & Gottfried Company".
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photonegative, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm., 20 x 25 cm. glass plate negatives negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
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