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 a commercial street in San Luis Obispo, ca.1903. There is light pedestrian and horse-drawn carriage traffic on the street. Several bicycles are parked near the sidewalk at left. A majority of the buildings are approximately two-stories tall with the exception of the clock tower which is approximately four-stories tall. Legible signs include: "Sandercock Transfer Co.", "office of A.F. Fl[...] real estate, nota[...]", "office of El Pizmo Beach", "[...] life insurance", "People's Pharmacy, J.W. Smith", "Wells Fargo & Company Express", "San Luis Implement Co.", "[...]yclery", "electric wiring, L. Steen", "Coast Land Co.", "[...]cia Oil Co. Inc.", "San Luis Obispo suburban tracts, Becket & Pomeroy", "Commercial Bank", "Chas McK[u?]ck, general contractor", "[...]ug Vollmer", "book store".
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