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 an exterior view of Downey Block on the corner of Spring Street and Temple Street, Los Angeles, ca.1905. Men and women stand along the sidewalks and in the street in front of the Romanesque Downey Block, a building which houses several commercial interests The Hazard and Harpham Patent Office advertises on the top floor, while signs on the bottom floor advertise all types of alcoholic beverages. Legible signs include: "Cars Stop Here", "Hazard and Harpham foreground American Patents / Copyrights, [...], Labels", "Dentistry", "Whiskies", "Complete on Exchange / Maier and Zobelien Pilsner", "Orgullo / Mexican F[...]", "J.N. Rushton", and "Beer on Draught".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w 21 x 26 cm. transparencies photographs
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