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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph looking down Main Street in Bishop. The street extends at an angle from lower left and narrows towards the horizon, right-of-center. The right side of the street stretches along the right edge of the frame. Signs for businesses on the right side of the road, going back, read: "CLARK," "TELEPHONE PAY STATION," and "VALLEY VIEW HOTEL." On the left side of the road, a barn stands nearest to camera on the left edge of the frame. Signs for businesses on the left side of the road, going back, read: "SUMMER'S ICE CREAM PARLOR," "[...] FAIR," and "Keough's CITY MARKET." A lone man walks through the street at center. Telephone lines crisscross overhead and silhouetted mountains rise in the far distance. Text from negative sleeve: 1124. Smith West tour August 1913. Bishop, Calif. 1. Watterson Bros Garage at entrance to town of Bishop. 2. It was noon Sunday, and wehad [sic] lunch in a little room in some sort of a hotel. No one on street. I took this picture of the Main Street at Bishop about 1 o'clock, Sunday, about the last of August 1913. The box like affair at the right with canvas around it housed a mineral exhibit. 2 films
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