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 birdseye view of Los Angeles looking north-east and showing Main Street, ca. 1930. Many two- and three-story buildings can be seen as the city sprawls across the entire image. The buildings are separated by a grid of wide, unpaved streets, many of which have streetcar tracks in the middle. Early-model automobiles can be seen parked along the sides of the streets. In the background, low hills are visible. A stand of trees can be seen at left, and a railroad yard is visible at center. Compares to CHS-37330 & CHS-48623, which show the same scene at slightly different times. Legible signs include, from left: "Dante Hotel", "Autobank 10th and Grand", "The Braun Corporation Laboratory Outfitters", "Schireson Bros", "St. Elmo Hotel", "Brunswig Drug Co.", "Lumber", and "F. See On Co.". Originally, the image was captioned as "Birdseye view of Los Angeles near the intersection of Tenth Street and Grand Avenue, [s.d.]".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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