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Description
Photograph (streetscape, horizontal photography) of Western Avenue near 1st. A fire station is on the right. Looking north on Western Avenue between First Street and Second Street. Commercial district with automobile traffic and street car tracks. Fire Station, Wilshire Fireproof Storage Company, Sam Seelig Company Photo credits to The C.C. Pierce Collection, Historical Photographs, 1572 West Pico Street, Los Angeles, California. Legible signs include: "[...]atz, [...] & heating, [contr]actor", "safety service", "Wilshire Fireproof Storage Co., movers and packers of furniture, shipping reduced rates, fireproof depository, household effects, automobiles, phone Dunkirk 1171".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. photographic prints photographs
Los Angeles--Streets--Western Avenue Streetcar Fire Station Automobile Commercial Streets Traffic congestion City traffic Automobiles Fire-departments Roadways
Time Period
circa 1924-10
Place
-118.30823,34.07716 -118.30623,34.07299 -118.30828,34.07113 -118.30995,34.07307 California Los Angeles Sam Seelig Company Wilshire Fireproof Storage Company USA Western Avenue & First Street Second Street
Source
1-11-15 [Microfiche number] 9037 [Accession number] CHS-9037 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity] isla id: S-4725 [Identifying number]
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