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Description
Photograph of Spring Street looking north from Fourth Street with the Barker Brothers Furniture Building visible in the background, Los Angeles, ca.1905. In the foregrond, a man with a moustache drives an early topless automobile while men stand next to him walking their bicycles. Horse-drawn carriages are visible parked along the sidewalk in the background while a streetcar makes its way up the street from the distance. Flat-faced commercial highrise buildings are packed closely together on the side of the street. Businesses include Barker Brothers which boasts "Furniture, Carpets, Draperies", Kunnel's Lunch, the Hotel Berwick, a bath and massage house, the Scott Brothers Building, and the Great Western Market.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 26 x 21 cm. photographic prints photographs
Barker Brothers Johnson Building Los Angeles--Streets--Spring Street--5th to 6th Streets Buildings Automobiles Carriages and carts Stores, Retail Commercial sites
Time Period
1900/1910
Place
-118.24368,34.05283 -118.24451,34.05173 -118.24738,34.04869 -118.24476,34.05183 California Downtown Los Angeles Los Angeles South Spring Street & 5th Street USA
Source
1-9-89 [Microfiche number] 6725 [Accession number] CHS-6725 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity] isla id: S-91 [Identifying number]
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