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Title
Birdseye view of Pier Avenue in Ocean Park showing many horse-drawn vehicles, September, 1904
Date Created and/or Issued
1904-09
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
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
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Description
Photograph of a birdseye view of Pier Avenue in Ocean Park showing many horse-drawn vehicles, September, 1904. The unpaved street is at center is being traveled by several carriages as well as pedestrians and bicyclists. Large buildings, most of which are at least two stories high, line both sides of the street. A wooden building at right has a large balcony, while a brick building at left has three stories. Sand bags are piled up near the street at left.
Legible signs include, from left to right, "Pier Restaurant", "Wave Furnished Rooms", and "The Big Pier Store".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m5257
USC-0-1-1-5367 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-33210
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5257
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-33210.jpg
Subject
Santa Monica (LA)--Streets
Streets
Stores, Retail
Carriages and Carts
Roadways
Time Period
1904-09
Place
California
Los Angeles
Ocean Park
Santa Monica
Pier Avenue
USA
Source
33210 [Accession number]
CHS-33210 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009
Provenance
Deland Collection

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