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 Hill Street, looking north from 6th Street, Los Angeles, ca.1913. The cityscape is thriving with commercial buildings. Notable sites include Pershing Square (lower left), Hotel Portsmouth (lower right), and the Hill Street tunnel (center). The streets are filled with vehicle and pedestrian traffic. Mountains are visible in the distance. Legible signs include: "[...] rooms", "Palace Hotel & Apartments", "Hotel Cumberland", "The Wales Apartments", "[...] Lankershim, Van Nuys, [...]", "F.P. Fay Bldg", "Alhambra", "International", "Merchants Bank & Trust Company building, pays 4% on deposits", "Chamber of Commerce", "[...]ckstone [...]", "Hotel Sherman", "428 Oc[...]", "Dr. Spinks, dentist, 1888", "entrance 452 Hill St, French physician surgeon", "stop & browse, Dawson's Book Shop", "breaker", "Hotel Portsmouth", "for high class residence & business property, see Mine & Farish, 535 So. Hill", "Monarch Sign Co.".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. glass plate negatives photographs
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