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Title
Broadway from 4th Street looking north, Los Angeles, ca.1880-1900
Date Created and/or Issued
1875/1905
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
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
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Description
Photograph of Broadway from 4th Street looking north, Los Angeles. The Stack Building is visible about midway up on the east side of the street. There are many horse-drawn vehicles in the dirt street. Many pedestrians on the sidewalks. Streetcars are visible further up the street. At the far end of the street is what appears to be a tunnel entrance. Legible signs include: ..."Securities", "Christian Science Reading Room", Dr. W.E. Neel, dentist", "Dr. W.F. Kennedy, dentist", ..."cigar"..., "T. Billington Co. carpets"..., "Candies", "So. Cal. Music Co., wholesale and retail dealers in musical instruments of every description. Chickering, Vose and other good pianos. Pianolas and Aeolians. We sell musical instruments, large and small, on easy payments", "Pretz", "342, Berlin Dye Works, 342", "Dying, cleaning", "346, souvenir goods, 346", ..."shells".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w
21.5 x 16.5 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographs
Identifier
chs-m302 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-156.1
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m302
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-156.1.jpg
Subject
Buildings
Horse-drawn vehicles
Stores, Retail
Time Period
1875/1905
Place
4th Street and Broadway
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
156.1 [Accession number]
CHS-156.1 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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