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 6th Street looking west from Main Street, viewed from above, Los Angeles, ca.1917. Tall commercial buildings block the view of the rest of the city. The rooftops of two smaller buildings are visible in the foreground. The streets below are lined with streetcar rails. The streets are busy with pedestrian and vehicle traffic. Early-model cars are parked along the street. Legible signs include: "Baker-Detwiler building", "[Los An]geles Trust & Savings Bank", "voters[...]", "Chocolate Shop", "billiards", "The Sun Drug Co.", "Premier, the perfect cart, aluminum six with magnetic gear shift", "Operations Club", "Motion Picture", "317 West, Halms Art Studio", "Lindley building", "violin shop upstairs", "La Abilidad, made for California, Havana cigars", "hotel for women bible institute", "Pacific Mutual, life and accident", "Hotel Lamm", "Hotel Ryan", "Hotel Chester", "The Glenglark [...]".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
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