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 overlooking the intersection at Fourth Street and Olive Street, ca.1900-1909. The cityscape is thriving with commercial buildings. Several residential homes are visible in the foreground. Notable buildings are the Hotel Alexandria, Southern Pacific building, and the Los Angeles Examiner building. Legible signs include: "Antlers", "use L.A. gas", "[h]ote[l] Ros[...]", "trustee propery no. 2", "Broadway Central Building, fire proof", "428, Occidental Hotel, Geo. W. Von Ache, mgr.", "European", "Stanley clairvoyant", "Hotel Leroy", "Fremont", "[...]ton & Root", "Western Realty & Investment Co.", "Wonderine, heals whatever inflammation exists, from nature's laboratory, not a patent 'man-made' medicine, The Arizona Wonderine Co., 434 So. Hill St. Los Angeles, Cal., pile cure heals 90%, uterine suppositories -- safe efficient, facemask -- removes tan and wrinkles, skin food -- softens and beautifies, toilet soap elegant -- no animal fat", "226 W. 4th St., near Broadway, Kodaks, Eastman Agency, framing, developing, printing, enlarging, Earl V. Lewis Co.", "R.S.V.P. table salt, always flow freely, always dry, simply perfect, try a box, all grocers", "J.B.I. Drink, 5¢, quenches the thirst, relieves fatigue, everybody drinks, refreshing and nourishing, new and refreshing, at all soda fountains and in bottles, J.B.I. Manufacturing Co., 125 S. Main", "The Great American Cleanser, [leaves] the kitchen clean", Broadway Drapery and Furniture Co., 447 So. Broadway", "[N]ational Tailors, builders of Tidy Togs", "Forve Pettebone Co. gas and electric fixtures", "Mammoth Shoe Co., wholesale dept.", "321 Hotel Diller, furnished", "Ha[nl]ey King & Co. carriage repository", "Geo P. Taylor, [...]basher", "Meyhers", "519, Mammoth, the store that saves you [money]", "Metropolitan [...]st Co.", "Los Angeles Examiner", "Southern Pacific", "Central Building", "[...]everance bldg.", "Hotel Alexandria, this fire-proof hotel is fire proof (absolutely), erected by Bilicke-Rowan Fireproof Bldg. Co.".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegatives, photoprint, b&w 26 x 21 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
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