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 dwellings on Towne Avenue looking southwest from Fifth Street, 1891. Tall sparsely-foliated trees grow around the dwellings at center. Streetcar rails run down the dirt street in the foreground. A wood fence adjacent to the sidewalk has numerous bills posted on it. Legible signs include: "For your stomach's sake, Hires root beer"..., "Ayer's sarsaparilla, for all blood diseases"..., "The Stowaway, Los Angeles Theatre, Thursday and Friday, Oct. 6 & 7"..., ..."Salv"..., ..."Grand [...] Nov. 5"..., ..."Attention"..., ..."Oct. 3, 4 & 5".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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