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Title
Third Street in San Bernardino, looking east towards Mount San Bernardino, ca.1953
Creator
Birch, Steve
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1953
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 Third Street in San Bernardino, looking east towards Mount San Bernardino, ca.1953. The wide, paved, two-lane street is at center and many cars can be seen driving on the road or parked along the side. The street is lined with concrete sidewalks and two-story buildings housing a collection of shops. The snow-capped peak of Mount San Bernardino can be seen in the distance.
Legible signs include, from left to right: "Scott's Shoes", "Arthur Murray", "Cords", "Moss", "Bank of America", "Furniture", "Sears", "St. Bernard Hotel", and "Tip Top Café".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
10 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m8664
USC-0-1-1-8796 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-33319
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m8664
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-33319.jpg
Subject
San Bernardino County--San Bernardino--Streets
Streets
Retail trade
Roadways
Time Period
circa 1953
Place
3rd Street
California
San Bernardino
USA
Source
33319 [Accession number]
CHS-33319 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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