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Description
Photograph of a view of Los Angeles Street looking north from Third Street in downtown Los Angeles, ca.1918. The dirt intersection of Los Angeles Street and Third Street is in the foreground at center, and Los Angeles Street extends into the distance at center. There are two sets of streetcar tracks running down the middle of Third Street. Los Angeles Street is crowded with horses, carriages, automobiles, and pedestrians. A lone bicyclist is headed into the traffic at right. The street is lined with tall buildings full of shops. Legible signs include, from left to right, "Maier Brewing Co.", "Klein Norton Co. [?] and Distributors Shirts Hosiery Underwear Overalls", "[Wes]tern [Who]lesale Co.", "Stationery", and "Chancellor Cigars".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 13 x 18 cm. photographic prints photographs
Carriage Bicycles Automobiles Maier Brewery Klein-Norton Company Los Angeles--Streets--Los Angeles Street Streets Breweries Horses Carriages and carts Roadways
Time Period
circa 1918
Place
-118.24009,34.05328 -118.24358,34.0485 -118.24387,34.04844 -118.2439,34.04866 California Downtown Los Angeles Los Angeles Los Angeles Street Third Street USA
Source
1-13- [Microfiche number] 14086 [Accession number] CHS-14086 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity] isla id: S-97 [Identifying number]
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