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 Seventh Street looking west from Broadway, showing the Ville de Paris in the distance, Los Angeles, ca.1919. Automobiles and streetcars make their way down 7th street, high rise buildings advertising via sign on the left sidewalk. A three-story building known as the Vogel Block is visible on the corner in the left foreground, topped by a spired dome and covered with signs. Its windows have molding reminiscent of Victorian architecture. High rise buildings and skyscrapers continue down the street into the distance. Buildings are only partially visible to the right. Pedestrians navigate the sidewalks. Legible signs from left to right include: "Rooms 50-75-$1 by Day $2 to $4 by Week", "Smith's Hotel", "Dentist", "Dr. Chaplin", "Kodaks", "Heard Optician", "Palace Theatre", "Strand Theatre", "Bartlett Music Co.", "Alhambra Theatre", "Ville de Paris", "Weatherby Shoe Co.", "Pianos", "Brockman Building", "Kineman", "New York Store" and "B.H. Dyas Co.". One of the streetcars also reads "East First St.".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w 21 x 26 cm. transparencies photographs
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