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Description
Photograph of a panoramic view of Los Angeles, looking east from 6th Street and Hill Street, showing building tops and new construction, ca.1913. Two large buildings are under construction (one at center, and other at right). Notable structures include the L.A. Gas tower (at left), Pease Bros building (at right) and the L.A. Business College building (at right). CHS-5828 -- Legible signs include: "Western Bldg. & Investment Co's, future homes, homes on easy terms", "Eastern Outfitting Co.", "AB Co., sign, banner & pennant", "James C. Barr -- H.I. Mott Allen", "Los Angeles, California", "banners, societies lodges, in quantities for advertising", "[...] gowns, Paris gowns, ladies tailor", "L.A. Gas", "drink Coca-cola, delicious and refreshing", "Cal Show, bank, storage office", "Brown Lee apartments", "Realty Board bldg", "directory", "Orpheum", "Hartstock photo", "Boston Market shoe market, mens shoes", "Krystal, ladies tailor", "Forrester building", "Weigelt & comp., wholesale millinery", "Union Oil building", "Adamas & Abel Co., wholesale jewelers", "masquerade costumes", "landfields", "J.E. Carr building". CHS-5829 -- Legible signs include: "Hotel Chickasaw", "furniture, carpets, draperies", "Bullock's". CHS-5830 -- Legible signs include: "Pease Bros", "Vollmer-Jantzen Company Inc., fine china, cut[...]", "the Tribune, one cent, daily and Sunday", "Colorado, cloak & suit house, your credit is good", "L.A. Business College", "Schape [...], wom[...]", "the Express", "Percival Hotel".
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegatives, b&w 21 x 26 cm. glass plate negatives photographs
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