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Title
Main Street in El Centro, ca.1910
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1910
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 Main Street in El Centro, ca.1910. At center, a wide dirt road can be seen extending into the extreme background. At left, a line of connected brick buildings are visible running parallel to the street. Legible signs include: "Bank", "Druggist", and "General Merchandise". Alongside the buildings, several men can be seen walking along the sidewalk. Along the street, several horse-drawn carriages are visible. Several wooden objects covered by a cloth can be seen in the carriage closest to the foreground. To the right, another large brick building with an archway is visible. A carriage with two horses sits nearby.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m7299
USC-0-1-1-7428 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-45181
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m7299
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-45181.jpg
Subject
Imperial County--El Centro
Streets
Wagons
Stores, Retail
Roadways
Time Period
circa 1910
Place
California
El Centro
Imperial
USA
Source
45181 [Accession number]
CHS-45181 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: 21531 [Identifying number]

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