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 North Broadway entrance to Elysian Park, ca.1900. Panoramic view of Elysian Park hillside with an electric car approaching. A palm tree is planted in the elbow of a path as it curves up into the park. A man is standing at the railing of a landing of steps. Two other me are further into the park itself. Nearby is a decorative lamp post topped with a bird. Visible in the background are the Buena Vista Street bridge and several horse-drawn vehicles. In the distant background are dwellings and hills. Legible signs include: "Chew Fefman's pepsin gum"[?], "Box"..., ..."ee hi[...]e factory" .
Type
image
Format
2 photographs: photoprint, glass photonegative, b&w 20 x 25 cm., 17 x 22 cm. glass plate negatives photographs
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