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Panoramic view of downtown Los Angeles, looking south between Spring Street and Broadway from the Courthouse, ca.1905

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Title: Panoramic view of downtown Los Angeles, looking south between Spring Street and Broadway from the Courthouse, ca.1905
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1905
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 a panoramic view of downtown Los Angeles, looking south between Spring Street and Broadway from the Courthouse, ca.1905. The cityscape is thriving with many commercial buildings, including one under construction (upper right). Prominent buildings are the Nadeau Hotel (center left) and the Chamber of Commerce building (center).
CHS-5065: Legible signs include: "The Empire", "The Times Mirror Printing & Binding House, 110 N. Broadway", "engravers, printers", "printing, bookbinding, engraving", "Baumbardt Publishing Co. Printers", "Office of ... and contractor ...", "wines, liquor", "Kent[uc]ky Liq[uor]", "L.A. Rubber Stamp Co., seals, stencils, stamps, badge, check, ...", "Hotel Nadeau", "Trust Building", "Hotel Lex[ing]to[n]", "...air, ...ster & Co., ...agate & tinware, ... stoves, ...otions", "Jas. Smith & Co., clothiers", "Luckenbach & Co. Inc. Jewelers, 141 S. Spring St.", "offices for rent in this building", "Bryson Blo...", "Dro...ld ma[de] signs, 143 S. [Broadw]ay", "Chamber of Commerce", "...r[e]nts, [t]he great credit ho[use]", "Wood Bros. Clothiers, [34]3 & 345 S. Spring", "Geo J. Birkel Co., Steinw..., and other ..., pian...", "C.H. Frost Building", "Grant Building".
CHS-5066: Legible signs include: "Franklin", "Brotherto[n]", "Highland Villa", "Hotel Lincoln".
Type: image
Format: 3 photographs : glass photonegatives, photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
2 Photoprints : b&w
8 x 10 in.
glass plate negatives
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier: chs-m44
USC-1-1-1-2624
USC-1-1-1-47
USC-1-1-1-2711 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-5066-p
CHS-5065
CHS-5066
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m44
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-5066-p.jpg
Subject: Los Angeles--Streets--Broadway--Temple to 1st
Los Angeles--General views--1900
Streets
Views
Cities
Time Period: circa 1905
Place: California
Los Angeles
North Broadway
Broadway Street
USA
Source: 1-2-46; 1-2-185 [Microfiche number]
5066-p; 5065; 5066 [Accession number]
CHS-5066-p; CHS-5065; CHS-5066 [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
USC
chs-m265

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