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Description
Photograph of a view of Central Market, showing many horses and wagons loaded with produce, Alameda Street and Sixth Street, Los Angeles, ca.1905. Throngs of horse-drawn carriages, shoppers, and sellers crowd into the large lot to either sell or buy fruits and produce. Many of the vendors have crates of fruits and vegetables on display either on their wagons or near it. The street in the foreground allows traffic to move through the lot. Utility poles line the center of the lot. Legible signs include: "Theros Vlahos", "Office L.A. Public Market", "restaurant, 1260 1/2", "castro[...]", "Klein Fruit Co.", "C.W. Lung Produce Co., commission merchant and shipper", "Sam Lee Co.", "Southern Produce Co.", "Smith E. [...]", "Lem Wah Co.", "J. Longo Fruit Co.".
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photonegative, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm., 20 x 25 cm. glass plate negatives negatives (photographic) photographs
Central Market Los Angeles--Architecture--Commercial--Markets #1 Los Angeles--Architecture--Commercial--Markets--Central Market Markets Horses Wagons Commercial sites
Time Period
circa 1905
Place
Alameda Street & 6th Street California Los Angeles USA
Source
5633 [Accession number] CHS-5633 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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