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 a panoramic view of Los Angeles, looking west from the Pacific Electric building, with Main Street and 7th Street in view, January 1, 1907. Main Street (at left) runs vertically crossing 7th Street, which runs horizontally (foreground). A majority of the buildings in the foreground are three stories or less. The most notable building is the Hotel Lankershim at right. CHS-5774 -- Legible signs include: "[...]ed Harness Co., traveling bags and suit cases, 652", "Hotel Faremont, furnished rooms", "Drake & Fotheringham", "National Auto Garage, buy right now in Na[...]les, the miracle of the year, the city of [...]ed tile roofs, automobile repair shop", "through the orange groves, Riverside Redlands, 'inside track', Southern Pacific, 600 So. Spring St., corner [...]", "Bartlett water", "Rainier beer", "drink Shaw's Ironbrew, a non alcoholic life renewer", "Huntington market", "Saratoga bar", "depot for sample case, Havana cigars", "Denning & Woodbury, printers and sales book makers, room 220, 702 So. Spring St.", "Godfrey", "C.C. Rossner", "new and second hand furniture, bought, sold & exchanged", "Leather, Grill & Drapery Co., 708 S. Spring St., best place to buy leather goods", "Buster Brown", "mid winter number, Los Angeles Times, January 1st, 1907", "Malto beer", "'San Diego'", "the most unique attraction [...]", "real estate", "for sale, this choice double frontage, 50 feet on Spring Street, extending to Main Street", "store no. 2, Southern Cal Wine Co.", "Sheehan's wall", "7421, furnished rooms", "the Hampshire, rooms", "D.N. & E. Walter & Co. Inc., carpet rugs, mattings, linoleum, oil cloths, etc.", "Hotel Rose", "the Niagara, furnished rooms", "the Anheuser Busch, Bob M. Craw prop.", "Pierce [...]", "European plan, Hotel Cadillac", "Goodyear tires", "[...] Lyon [...] Co.", "Runyon Co.", "Munger's laundry", "Western lumber & mill co.", "Brents", "Overells", "Weed Hardware Co.", "screen doors, hardware", "[...] and stables", "Superior Auto Co.", "Paris Auto", "Los Angeles Sash and Door Co.", "Montana Lodging House", "[C]arl Carriage Works", "Howard Marine Motor Co.", "Standard Motor Car Co.", "the Runyun Co., signs". CHS-5775 -- Legible signs include: "Diamond Palace, 453 So. Broadway, fine watches, diamonds and jewelry", "Enterprise Trunk Factory", "Elkskin Shoe Store", "R.G. Cottier, manufacturer of harness", "Pioneer Wall Paper Co., roofing", "[...]lity Real Estate & Investment Co.", "Los Angeles", "Racycle", "Hat Factory", "the Hub, world beaters for overcoats", "Standard Furniture Co.", "Enterprise Trunk Factory", "Elkskin shoe store, shoes made to order, wholesale or retail", "R.G. Cottier, manufacturer of harness", "Hotel Lankershim", "Armstrong's dairy lunch", "books bought", "Keystone Monogram whiskey", "Ratto's Italian restaurant, winter garden", "Hotel Corona, furnished rooms", "smoke Haas, Baruch & Co's", "Ffifer's Union 5¢", "the greatest 5¢ cigar in the world", "the Quality store", "Lyon, McKinney, Smith & Co", "furniture, carpets, draperies", "pianos, J.B. Brown Music Co., pianos", "Lester pianos, last a lifetime", "Krakauer pianos".
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image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegatives, b&w 21 x 26 cm. glass plate negatives photographs
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