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 6th Street looking west from Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, ca.1911-1913. A majority of the buildings are above four-stories tall. Notable building is the Pacific Electric building (left). Other buildings include the Los Angeles Trust & Savings Bank building (aka Trust Building, built in 1911) located at north-west corner of Spring and 6th Streets and the First Methodist Episcopal Church (built in 1900, demolished prior to 1913, when it was replaced with the Metropolitan Building) visible in the extreme background at north-east corner of Hill and 6th Streets. Streetcar tracks line the street. Horse-drawn carriages and early-model cars can be seen parked or moving down the street. The street is busy with pedestrian traffic. Legible signs include: "P.E. Garage, Sam Johnson Auto Co.", "P.E. Buffet", "breaker", on a vehicle "43254 Cal.", "[...] Newport Co.".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w 26 x 21 cm. glass plate negatives photographs
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