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 Bank of Santa Monica at the corner of Third Street and Santa Monica Boulevard (then, Oregon Avenue), Santa Monica, ca.1907-1910. The three-story building is visible on a corner at center with a small tower at top. About six horse-drawn carriages can be seen on the street. Several pedestrians and bicycles are visible on the sidewalk, while streetcar rails and electric lines are visible in the foreground. There is a dog on the sidewalk corner at left. Legible signs include: "Bank, Santa Monica", "Public library", "[...] E.W. Boehme, real estate", "E.W. Boehme, general insurance, AETNA, Pennsylvania, Sanceshire[?], Phoenix, New York life insurance", "Dr. Frank Comer, Dentist, [...]gland [...]on free", "306 Oregon Avenue", "Ranges, heaters, stoves [...]", "Jackson Bros.", "[...] Pendleton [...]", "M.D. Feather, [...] Beeman's[?] [...]", "Groceries", and "The Packet[?]".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w 17 x 22 cm., 15 x 20 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
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