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 view of Hill Street looking south from Fourth Street to Fifth Street, Los Angeles, ca.1910-1919. The eleven-story Broadway Department Store is on the left. Other buildings are visible along both sides of the street. Automobiles are parked along the curb. A few share the street with a streetcar. Pedestrians are visible in the street and on the sidewalks. A flag flies from the side of a building in the foreground at right. A billboard is visible on the building just beyond. Flags fly from other buildings in the image including the Broadway Department Store. Other visible buildings include the Hotel Clark. Legible signs include: "Broadway Department Store", "E. Wilson", "Occidental Hotel", "St. Clarenden Hotel", "Good place to eat, Boos Bros. Cafeteria", "Pool"..., "cigar", "Stop", "442 J"..., "meats", "In Van Nuys", "Haas"..., "Investment Building", "Bullocks".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photoprint, glass photonegative, b&w 25 x 20 cm., 26 x 21 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
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