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Description
Photograph of the Los Angeles Police Bicycle Squad in the Mounted Police Parade on Broadway's west side, May 24, 1904. A group of roughly ten policemen pedal towards the camera, led by a horse-drawn carriage. The one-story Sun Drug Company is pictured in front of the four-story Mackie-Fredericks Company in the background. Legible signs include "Butter Eggs Cheese", "Cigars [...] Water", "[F]ort Costa Flour" and "[...] Curtains [...] Mattings and Linoleums".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w negatives (photographic) photographs
Los Angeles--Streets--Broadway--5th to 6th Los Angeles--Police Department Recreation--Bicycling Los Angeles Police Department Streets Police Bicycles Cycling Roadways
Time Period
1904-05-24
Place
-118.25063,34.04698 -118.25108,34.0465 -118.25181,34.04572 -118.2512,34.04662 California Downtown Los Angeles Los Angeles Mackie Fredericks Company O.P. Taylor Sun Drug Company South Broadway & West 6th Street USA
Source
1-2-95 [Microfiche number] 6387 [Accession number] CHS-6387 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity] isla id: S-63 [Identifying number]
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