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 disheveled adobe house in a neighborhood of larger homes, ca.1890. Several large trees, including a palm, grow in the front of the house. Several signs are posted on the large tree next to the palm. A utility pole on the sidewalk blocks the reading of the name of the street (Ma[in Street]) on a street sign behind it. Larger, two-story houses are visible in the background. Legible signs posted on the tree reads: "Garfield=[...], 6 oz. [...], syrup", "it pays to buy furniture at I.T. Martin, [...] Spring St., [...]", "[...] shot the chutes! was delightful", "McBurnet [...], where are you going? Fun for both young and old". The photograph was originally dated by 1857. However, outdoor photography was very rare in LA in 1857 and less than a handful of outdoor photos are known. In addition, the architecture of the home in the background looks closer to 1890 or 1900.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 8 x 10 in. photographic prints photographs
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