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 Broadway near Fourth Street, Los Angeles, ca.1908-1910. The street is crowded with horse-drawn wagons and the sidewalks are filled with pedestrians at the 3-story Broadway Department store. A streetcar ("Heliotrope Drive, Bimini Baths, Bimini Hot Springs") moves down the street from right. Legible signs include: "Draperies", "Curtains", ..."everlastingly the lowest", "Shampooing", "The Broadway Department Store", "Muslin underwear", "Household supplies", "Don't worry", "Watch us grow", "Jackets", "Picture framing", "Men's suits", "Wholesale and retail, Broadway at Fourth", "Toys", "Trunks and valises", "Crockery", "Kodak developing", "Millinery", "Restaurant", "Montgomery Bros. Jewelers", "Pioneer Investment Trust Co.", ..."real estate", "R.D. Robinson Co., investment, securities", "E.B. Van H[...], real estate", "Dentist", "Blake, Moffit & Towne, paper dealer", "Groceries".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 20 x 25 cm. 1 photograph : glass photonegative, photonegative, b&w 16 x 22 cm., 10 x 13 cm. glass plate negatives negatives (photographic) photographs
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