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, downtown Los Angeles, 1915. The structures are mostly eight to ten-story commercial buildings. The sidewalk is crowded with pedestrians. Several automobiles and streetcars are driving in the street. Many more automobiles are parked at the curbs. Legible signs include: "Salt Lake route", "Western Railway", "Western Ry.", "Ticket and freight office", "Los Angeles Trust & Savings Bank", "Robert Marsh, real estate", "Geo. B. Thomas, [...] investments", "E.K. Wood Lumber Co.", "& retail", "Geo. E. Hart & Co., [...] farmlands", "Wesley Roberts Co.", "Kodaks", "Restaurant", "Sale now on", "Mercantile Place", "Dancing", "Mon. Thu. Sat.", "Dancing every night, lessons", "Force", "Hotel Afton", "Chile", "rank and girls [...]rt clothes", "ch & Co., optician", "The Angel-us", "Block [...] floor", "Shanghai".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
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