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 Greenleaf Avenue in Whittier looking south, Los Angeles, 1907. Horse-drawn carriages are parked along the sidewalks to either side of the wide, unpaved road. To the left, one of the striped canopies has dropped from the façade of a two-story shop. Utility poles support a net of streetcar cables over the road. Legible signs include: "First National Bank", "Restaurant", "[...] Pharmacy", "C.A. Rees Groceries", "Western Union Telegraph", "Whittier Public Library", "The Wiley B. Allen Co."Saunder's Bros. Cyclery", and "[...]an W. Ramsey / Photographer".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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