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Title
View of Spring Street looking north from Third Street, showing streetcars, ca.1891
Contributor
Lewis, E.E
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1891
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
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
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Description
Photograph a view of Spring Street looking north from Third Street, ca.1891. The Bryson Block on Second Street and Spring Street can be seen, showing The Fourth Street & Broadway streetcar standing idle with its driver looking on at center as two other street cars pass by. To the left, a very large building topped with several spires dominating the skyline can be seen. Businesses include the Wonder (219 South Spring Street), Burdick & Company, and the Parisian Cloak and Suit Company at 221 South Spring.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m760
USC-1-1-1-761 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-9838
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m760
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-9838.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Streets--Spring Street--1st to 3rd
Streets
Buildings
Street-railroads
Stores, Retail
Roadways
Time Period
circa 1891
Place
-118.24194,34.05662
-118.2466,34.05128
-118.24702,34.05104
-118.24675,34.05153
California
Downtown Los Angeles
Los Angeles
South Spring Street & West 3rd Street
USA
Source
1-9-129 [Microfiche number]
9838 [Accession number]
CHS-9838 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
isla id: S-94 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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