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 the first office of the Los Angeles Times on Downey Block, 1875. A two-story brick building is picured, with multiple doors on the lower level, one of which is covered by a wooden overhang. People can be seen leaning out of the upper windows, each of which is painted with the sign "Mirror Printing Office". Below, signs read "Mirror Book Bindery" and "Paper Ruled and Blank Books Manufactured".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
L.A. Times Los Angeles--Architecture--Commercial--General #1 Los Angeles--Architecture--Commercial--General--L.A. Times Los Angeles--Historical--Miscellaneous #2 Newspapers Buildings
Time Period
1875
Place
California Los Angeles Temple Street & New High Street USA
Source
1-6-40 [Microfiche number] 8515 [Accession number] CHS-8515 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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