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 view of Second Street near Spring Street, showing the Wilmington Transportation Company, 1900. A beam of metal scaffolding is pictured just to the right of center in the extreme foreground, while the street is visible beyond it running right to left. Horse-drawn carriages can be seen parked along the sidewalk, where a number of squat commercial buildings can be seen, including Duffin's Ticket Office and a tobacco store. A set of streetcar tracks can be seen embedded in the center of the road. Legible signs from left to right include: "Loan Office", "Signs", "Printer", "Schroeder Bros. Sign Painters", "Electric cars", "Coal", "A.J. [...] Fashion[...]", "Catalina Island. WT PB Co. Steamers", "Wellington Coal", and "Telegraph Office. Duffin's Overland Cut Rate Ticket Office. Member American Ticket Broke[rs]. Entrance around corner".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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