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Description
Photograph of Broadway, looking north from Seventh Street, Los Angeles, ca.1907-1917. The busy street shows a commotion of traffic consisting of streetcar, early-model cars, horse-drawn carriages, and pedestrian. The buildings, ranging from one-story to ten-story buildings, prominently display their business names or advertisements. Utility lines crisscross the street. Legible signs include: "[...]woods", "the new ho[...], Mullen & B[...] clothing [...]", "Vaughan-Middleton Co., real estate", "Millside Tract and other high class Wilmington Property", "home of Hart Schaf[...]ner & Marx clothes", "Dr. C.G. Farrow, dentist", "home builders, The Smith-Johnson Company, real estate", "Dr. H.H. Haas, dentist", "[...]ster [...]ing, fireproof", "Tho's H.B. Varney", "[...] Schulz Co., [...] sale millinery", "ladies tailor, 5 floor", "[...]d Co.", "[...]c Co., ground floor", "[...] parlor", on a streetcar "Eastlake Park", "San[...] Vail & Co.", "Oilday Co.", "Bullock's Building", "California Furniture Co.", "wallpaper, fabrics and art decorations", "H. Levine Co.", "Sin[...]", "The Sun Drug Co., store no. 4".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w 26 x 21 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
Bullocks H. Jevne Company Mullen and Bluet Clothing Co Walter P. Story Building Bank of Italy Boos Brothers Cafeteria Goldstein Company Costumes Los Angeles--Streets--Broadway--6th to 7th Streets Stores, Retail Restaurants, lunch rooms, etc Banks and banking Commercial sites
Time Period
circa 1907/1917
Place
Broadway Sixth Street California Los Angeles USA
Source
1-2-61 [Microfiche number] 5624 [Accession number] CHS-5624 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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