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 the Spring Street School on Spring Street between 5th Street and 6th Street (later the site of the Arcade Building), Los Angeles, ca.1884-1886. The First Baptist Church, on the corner of 6th Street and Broadway can be seen on the left. Three children stand on the sidewalk in front of the school. A picket (?) fence fronts the school yard separating it from the sidewalk. Two utility poles stand in the sidewalk nearby. Photoprint reads: "This photograph is of the Spring Street School situated where now stands the Spring Street Arcade Building, between Fifth and Sixth Streets. This school was attended by Stuart O'Melveny, president of Title Insurance and Trust, in his youth.".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
Los Angeles--Streets--Spring Street--5th to 6th Los Angeles--Schools--Grammar--Intermediate--Buildings Schools Streets Children Churches Spring Street School First Baptist Church Educational facilities
Time Period
circa 1884/1886
Place
California Los Angeles USA between Spring Street & Broadway between 5th Street & 6th Street
Source
1-9-42 [Microfiche number] 4789; 12826 [Accession number] CHS-4789; CHS-12826 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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