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Title
Early store front, ca. 1900
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900
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 an early store front, ca. 1900. Two men and a young boy can be seen standing outside of a small general store. A selection of melons and vegetables can be seen set up behind the two men in the right foreground, and a selection of products can also be seen behind the boy, who stands in the central foreground.
Legible signs include the following: "here Cigars, tobaccos and kandy", "something new -- California Castile Soap made from pure Coco nut oil in a bar", "Vinegar pure cider vinegar", and "canned oyesters".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographs
Identifier
chs-m13286
USC-0-1-1-13439 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-14115
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13286
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-14115.jpg
Subject
Boys
General stores
Men
Soap trade
Industry--Soap
Los Angeles Soap Company
Commercial sites
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
California
USA
Source
14115 [Accession number]
CHS-14115 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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