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 Main Street looking north from Fourth Street, 1903-1905. The Van Nuys and Westminster Hotels are visible. An electric streetcar "Monrovia, 203" approaches the camera. The street is filled with groups of pedestrians and horse-drawn wagons and carriages. Legible signs include: "Van Nuys", "Oysters, the Morgan Oyster Co., packers", ..."fish & lobsters"..., "For ce[...] [...]s property", "Fruits", ..."erators [...] store", ..."lawn [...]drooms, rent rooms", ..."house".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photoprint, b&w 25 x 20 cm. 2 photographs : photoprint, glass photonegative, b&w 26 x 21 cm., 22 x 17 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
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