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 the exterior of the Temple Block, downtown Los Angeles, from the south, Spring Street and Main Street, looking north from Market Street, ca.1890. The 2-story brick building situated on the corner houses numerous businesses and has awnings shading the storefronts on the ground floor. Other buildings are visible adjacent and behind. Horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians are on the sidewalk or on the dirt street down which runs streetcar rails. Legible signs include: "206, Anthony Schwann, 200, associate cut rate ticket broker, notary republic", "Books & stationery", "R.E. Mor[...] shirts made to order", "Wellborn and Hutton law office", "Anthony Schwann Association R.R. ticket broker, notary public", ..."San Francisco"..., "Rates to Denver, Kansas City, Chicago, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, and everywhere", "Pabst Milwaukee Bohemian lager", "Pioneer Truck Co.", "New U.S. Hotel".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w 13 x 20 cm., 20 x 25 glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
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