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Description
Photograph of Spring Street looking north from Sixth Street, ca.1915. Automobiles are parked along the curbs. An electric streetcar is in the middle of the street among automobile traffic further up the street. Pedestrians move along the sidewalks. Most of the buildings are 5 stories or higher with businesses at street level and residential on upper floors. Legible signs include: "Hotel Hayward, absolutely fire proof", "Ed. Herwick", "nant, [...]5¢, the great cigar, [...] smoke, [...] distributor", "Puritan Cafeteria, 615, a good place to eat, 613", "The Times", "nama", "Majestic Theatre, week starting Sunday Jan. 18, The", "Empress [...] March 16, [...] Leslie [...] Hogan Painter", "The Traffic", "Pacific Navigation Company", "Hiber", "Security Building", "Security Trust and Savings Bank, safe deposit vaults", "Title Insurance Bldg.", "Lissner Bldg.", streetcar "West Ninth", "Dyas-Cline", "freight", "608, Washington-Sunset", "Steam Ship Co.", "Ticket", "real estate", "I.C.S.", "Western Union Telegraph and Cable", "Telegrams and cables, cableletters, [...], money by telegram", "car license '5275'".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, glass photonegative, b&w 13 x 10 cm., 25 x 20 cm. glass plate negatives negatives (photographic) photographs
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