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 6th Street looking west from Los Angeles Street, ca.1900. Pacific Electric Building, at left, towers above the many commercial buildings on this street. An American flag stands waving on the roof. Construction materials such as lumber and electrical wires are lain down on the sidewalks of the street (foreground). Two wooden horses flank a hole dug in the ground near the construction materials. Horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians can be seen traveling on the street. Utility poles line the streets. The dirt road has two sets of streetcar rails. Legible signs include: "Pacific Garage", "the aseptic barber shop", "breaker", "C. Leonardt Contractors", "fruits sold cheap, bananas 10¢ 15¢ 20¢ doz., oranges 5¢ 10¢ doz."..., "[...]kie Fredricks Co.", "Dr. M.M. Armstrong", "Dr. Louis Webber", ..."insurance", ..."real estate", "Dr. C.C. Jarvis, dentist", ..."houses built, conservative", ..."Realty Co.", "Singer sewing machine, 555", "smoke the popular Double Wrapper"....
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photonegative, photoprint, b&w 26 x 21 cm., 13 x 10 cm. glass plate negatives negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
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