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 shop on the southeast corner of 7th Street and Grand Street, Los Angeles, 1912. A two-story shop with clapboard veneer stands on the corner, riddled with signs. A cloth canopy extends from its right side, where more shops continue down the sidewalk. A tall tenement building can be seen behind them to the right, while one individual stands and the other bends from the waist in the extreme left foreground. A utility pole stands next to a tall, slim fire hydrant at the corner. Legible signs include: "532 Candy / Laundry", "Free Sox Darned / For Special Cut Prices / Laundry Office / Laundry Left Here Before 8 a.m. Same Day No Extra Charge", "White House Photo Co. / Kodak Finishing / Roll Films Developed Free / [...] Free Enlargement", "Window Signs", "Price List / Shirts 10 [...]", "Free Sox Darned", "$5,000.00 Policy Protects You", "Busy Bee Lunch Room / Fish Halibut 15¢ / Dinner Roast Beef 15¢ Lamb Pot-Pie 15¢ Baked Beans 15¢ Braised Beef 15¢ Stewed Lamb 15¢ / Meals 15¢ and Up", "Spana Cuba Cigar 5¢", "Shirts 8¢ Cuffs 3¢ Underwear 7¢ Ladies Shirt Waists 15 to 30¢ Prompt Delivery and First Class Service", "22 Offices / Free [...] / Give Us A Trial You Will Come Again", "Japanese Abba Employment Office", "Ladies and Gents Tailors / We Are Specialists [...] Cleaning, Pressing [...] At Reasonable Prices", "Toupees", "Barber Shop", "Face Massage", "Real Estate / Los Angeles" and "[...] Grand Avenue Theatre".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w 21 x 26 cm. transparencies photographs
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