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 Spring Street looking north from Sixth Street, ca.1915. Horse-drawn carriages and automobiles are parked along the curbs. A electric streetcars are in the middle of the street among sparse automobile traffic. Pedestrians move along the sidewalks. Most of the buildings are 5 stories or higher with businesses at street level and commercial and residential on upper floors. Legible signs include: "Factory", "529, Trunkdom Trunk Co., 529", "Trunks, bags, leather goods", "Silver Collars", "Spring step, rubber heels, [...] minutes", "urant [...] Brauer", "office", "Security Building", "Security Trust and Savings Bank, safe deposit vaults", "streetcar "Exposition Park, University, West 39th Street", "Hibernian Building", "Fredericks", "Ralphs Grocery Co.", "516, Whorter Bros. Hardware, 516", "518, McKee's Cafe, 520", "We serve everything good to eat and drink, It's clean, that's sure, McKee's Cafe, 518-520 So. Spring St., McKee's Taxicab Service, phone F-6328, Main 2559", "Greet[...], from one that every[...], after the n", "L.A. Realty Si", "Oriental Art Association", "Call for L.A. Bre'g Co.'s 'East side' beer", "Auction, 3 days more, Our last Dec.", "Walberg Bros., tailors", "Dr. R.L. Byron, Dr. [...] Carter", "Trobeck & Johnson, merchant tailors", "woolens", "H.K. Dow", "Dr. Ray Bean, dentist", "Burlington Route", "Lissner Offices", "Watches & diamonds, great jewelrey s[...], lease expire[...], look in windows for bargains", "Great 1/2 price sale", "526", "E. Mansback", "Wines, Edward Mansback", "Wines & liquor", "Edward Mansback & C", "Burger Van & Storage Co., concrete fireproof warehouse, near Pico & Grand Ave.".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 20 x 25 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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