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Title
Arcadia Block, Los Angeles, California
Creator
Howland and Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Date Created and/or Issued
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description
View of a horse-drawn wagon carrying straw baskets on North Los Angeles Street in front of the Arcadia Block building on the southwest corner of Arcadia Street in downtown Los Angeles, California, with visible sign for the Lloyd-Scovel Iron Company at 319 N. Los Angeles, and the partially obscured sign, at left, for the Harrison & Dickson broom and basket manufacturing factory at 317 N. Los Angeles.
"Howland and Co. Photographic Supplies Kodak Headquarters 211 South Main Street. Los Angeles, California"--text, printed on verso. Title devised by cataloger. Date approximated by cataloger based on general history of depicted businesses; the Harrison and Dickson Company last appeared in Los Angeles City directories in 1900, and the Lloyd-Scovel company began appearing at 319-331 N. Los Angeles (instead of 321-323) in the 1899 city directory.
Type
Image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 photograph : print ; image 8.5 x 8.6 cm
Identifier
photCL_555
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/17748
Subject
Baskets
Business districts
Factories
Horse-drawn vehicles
Storefronts
Photographs. (aat)
Place
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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