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Title
Looking south on Spring Street from First Street, Los Angeles, 1900-1910
Date Created and/or Issued
1900/1910
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 looking south on Spring Street from First Street, downtown Los Angeles, 1900-1910. Three streetcars share the street with horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians. Most of the buildings are commercial up to 4-stories high. Banners are strung across the street in the distance. Mullen & Bluett's first store is visible on the extreme right. Legible signs include: "Wilson Building", "Jas Smith & Co. clothiers"..., streetcar "Griffin Ave.", "Hotel Nadeau", "Western Union Telegraph".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w
26 x 21 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographs
Identifier
chs-m15400 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-2348
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m15400
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-2348.jpg
Subject
Cities and towns
Streets
Los Angeles--Streets--Spring Street--1st to 3rd
Los Angeles--Streets--Spring
Stores
Spring Street
Roadways
Time Period
1900/1910
Place
California
Los Angeles
Spring Street & 1st Street
USA
Source
1-9-24 [Microfiche number]
2348 [Accession number]
CHS-2348 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
chs-m265

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