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Title
View of downtown Los Angeles looking west of Sixth Street from Hill Street
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
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
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Description
Photograph of a view of downtown Los Angeles looking west of Sixth Street from Hill Street, [s.d.]. Pershing Square is in the foreground at center. It is a large grassy are with many trees and a sidewalk running through the middle. Large buildings can be seen on two sides of the park, including the Pacific Mutual Life building at right. This building has a large clock on the corner at center. Another clock tower can be seen in the distance at left. Early-model automobiles are parked along the edges of the streets.
Legible signs include, from left to right: "Taits", "Wilson's Dancing Studio", "Better tells it all", "The Owl Drug Co.", "Time to insure", and "Pacific Mutual Life".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m20355 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-14461
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m20355
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-14461.jpg
Subject
Parks
Pershing Square
Los Angeles--Architecture--Commercial--Hotels #2
Los Angeles--Parks--Pershing Square
Place
5th Street & Olive Street
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-219 [Microfiche number]
14461 [Accession number]
CHS-14461 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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