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Description
Photograph of Main Street south from Third Street, Los Angeles, ca.1890. This side of Main Street consists of store fronts with a few horse-drawn carriages in front. Furniture on the sidewalk can be seen just outside a furniture shop. Buildings include: the Panorama Building, The Evening Express, Empire Stables, the Los Angeles Mantel Company (314 Main Street), Olmstead & Wales Panorama Book Store, the Westminster Hotel (the 4-story building at far right). Legible signs include: "Furniture, bought, sold & exchanged", "Family beverage [...] Fredericksburg Lager, [...], $1.25 a dozen", "Evening Express bulletin", "Weekly Express", "Bailey & Barker Bros.", ..."lwalker Furniture"....
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
Los Angeles--Streets--Main Street--Temple to 4th Streets Hotels, taverns, etc Retail trade Booksellers and bookselling Newspapers Furniture industry and trade Stables Westminster Hotel Olmsted and Wales Panorama Book Store Los Angeles Mantel Company Empire Stables Stores & Shops Roadways
Time Period
circa 1890
Place
California Los Angeles Main Street 3rd Street USA
Source
1-6-113 [Microfiche number] 4304 [Accession number] CHS-4304 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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