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 Broadway looking north from Fourth Street, Los Angeles, ca.1908. The street is crowded with people, horse-drawn carriages, and street vendors. Streetcars are moving down the street passing the many buildings and shops. An early model car is parked on the right. Legible signs include: "Pioneer Investment and Trust Co.", ..."investment and securities", "F.G. Calk[...], real estate", "Dr. W.[...], dentist", "Dr. W.F. Ken[...], dentist", "[...]mings [...] Co.", "optician", "jewelers", "Shirt Co. Inc., [...] of [...] shirts", "Homer Laughlin Bldg., absolutely fire proof", "Westlake Park", "Bimini Baths", "Merchants Trust Company building", "Chamber of Commerce", "Louis [...], D[...], and Ladi[...]", "Maxw[...], men's [...] fine ta[...]", "Ed Merwick", "Marsha[...], patents [...], apartment[...], in [...]", "Cent[ral] Ban[k]".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 26 x 21 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
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