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 panoramic view of Los Angeles looking west on Aliso Street from the brewery (Maier Brewing Co.?), February 1899. Residential buildings cover a majority of the area in the foreground. Horse-drawn carriages are parked along the curb of the street at right. Clusters of large buildings of the city can be seen in the extreme background. Dark clouds loom over the area to the right. Previous record stated: "location of the brewery is now the location of Union Station". CHS-5785 -- Legible signs include: "H.W. Stoll & Co., Los Angeles sodaworks, bottles of [...] and W[...]lemp's St. Louis[...], [...]ager beer", "Duke Orlando cigars", "[furnish]ed rooms", "M.A. Newmark & Co.", "El Palencia cigars", "[...] Fox's health food", "El Merito cigars", "General Author cigar". CHS-5784 -- Legible signs include: "[wat]er lifter, P.N. Odonnels, iron and brass foundry, machine shop, 1869", "coffees, teas, spices", "[...] carriage [...]", "Arcadia", "hotel [...]", "Rock Island Plows, Milwaukee mowers, farm wagons", "Percheron stallion kept here", "wholesale, retail, wood, coal, hay & grain, charcoal & kindling, tel. Main 1298", "Aliso Street, board, feed & sale stable, horses boarded by the day, week or month, stalls for rent", "southern California", "bakery", "F.W. Braun".
Type
image
Format
4 photographs : glass photonegatives, photonegatives, b&w 21 x 26 cm. glass plate negatives negatives (photographic) photographs
Los Angeles--Streets--Aliso Street Los Angeles--General views (1890) Remember the Maine Saloon Los Angeles--Streets--Unclassified Streets Views Hotels, taverns, etc Cities
Time Period
1899-02-22
Place
Aliso Street Bunker Hill Los Angeles California USA
Source
1-13-22; 1-13-21 [Microfiche number] 5785; 5784 [Accession number] CHS-5785; CHS-5784 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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