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Description
Photograph of the northeast corner of Fifth and Spring Streets, ca.1905. At center, the Hazzard and Harpham Patent Office can be seen with a ladder leading to its roof on the second floor. Signs inscribed on four of the upper windows facing the camera read "Drexler Painless Dental". Other legible signs on the Harpham Office read "[...]is Saloon Will Move [...] so Spring [...]", "Public Sale / 8 Days Only / Clothing-Shoes" and "Public Sale / Clothing / Furnishings / Hats-Shoes". Pedestrians are visible in the street as well as a horse and carriage at left. Further right, the George A. Ralphs Grocery Company can be seen, with a sign that reads "Poinsettia" on its visible wall.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photoprint, photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
Buildings Streets Carriages and carts Stores, Retail Hazard and Harpham Patent Office Ralphs Grocery Company Los Angeles--Streets--Spring Street--3rd to 5th Roadways
Time Period
circa 1905
Place
California Los Angeles Spring Street & 5th Street USA
Source
1-9-77 [Microfiche number] 6346 [Accession number] CHS-6346 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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