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 a panoramic view of Los Angeles looking north from the Pacific Electric building, ca. January 1, 1907. The cityscape is thriving with mostly commercial buildings. Notable buildings include Hotel Rosslyn (left) and the Union Lithograph Co. (foreground at left). Hotel Rosslyn stands on the corner of the 5th Street and Main Street intersection. Snow-capped San Gabriel Mountains are visible in the distance. CHS-5816 -- Legible signs include: "[Silver]wood's $3.00 hats", "Anderson & Chanslor Co. Inc. grocers, Delta building", "Hotel Rosslyn", "H. Raphael Co.", "Owl cigar, now 5¢, M.A. Gunst Cigar Co., Pac-Coast distr's", "Ed Herwick", "the Angelus", "G.A. Thiele, wallpaper, mound city paints and oils", "Varney & Green", "'thank you', Lily Cream, California sterilized, manufactured by Pacific Creamery Co., Los Angeles, California", "store your furniture & household goods, [...]olyear Warehouse Co., absolutely fireproof, 415-17-19 San Pedro St, trunks stored 25¢ a month", "Ed Herwick", "G.A. Thiele", "the Brennan rooms", "Peoples Theatre", "Morosco's Burbank Theatre", "doors, windows, blinds, window cases, leaded art glass, mirrors and beveling, plate and window glass", "Edison phonographs", "Wilson, that's all", "New York tailor shop, altering, cleaning, repairing, suits pressed 50¢", "Gust. Thomas, agent for real estate business opportunities, rentals, etc., 451 1/2, room 2", "New York tailor suits to order, alterations, cleaning, pressing, etc., for ladies and gents", "the [...] Allen Co.", "[...] 418 S. Broadway, [...]", "Wells Fargo & Co. Express", "Barker Bros. furniture, [...]ts, [drape]ries", "Western Wholesale [...] Co.", "pictures, frames, art novelties", "Hotel Butler", "[...] Electric Co.", "The Union Lithograph Co., B.S. Hubbard, pres. And manager, successors to Los Angeles Lithograph Co., lithographers, printers, binders, steel die and copper plate engraving and printing, agents Schmidt Litho. Co., labels and cartons", "Blake[...] Pape[...]", "the Hub", "Empire 10¢". CHS-5817 -- Legible signs include: "Morosco's Burbank theatre, change of play every week, prices 10-25-35 and 50¢, matinee 10 and 25¢", "Western [Whol]esale [...] Co.", "Blake, Moffit [...], wholes[ale], paper, de[...]", "Hartman Fobel Neckwear Co.", "260, P.H. Mathews paint house, paints and glass", "Golden State S[...] Co.", "Excelsior laundry", "[...] grinding", "U.H.L. Bros., wall paper", "214, Hague", "Woodill & Hulse Electric Co., motor & machinery dept.", "Cooper, Coate & [...]", "Somerset house", "new and second hand goods bought, sold and exchanged", "smoke Tom K[...] cigars", "West Coast Planing Mill Co.", "Johnson C[...]", "the Brunswick Balke Collender Co., bar fixture & pool & billiard tables & bowling alleys", "the Reliable [emplo]yment agency", "Carpenter Harbor Co.", "Los Angeles Soap Co.", "Davies warehouse", "Somerset house", "[...] brewery".
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegatives, photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm., 10 x 13 cm. glass plate negatives negatives (photographic) photographs
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