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 Pacific Electric Building (or the Huntington Building) on the corner of Main Street and Sixth Street, ca.1905-1909. An electric streetcar takes on passengers in front of the blocky eight-story building. Streetcar rails and electric lines crisscross in the foreground. Legible signs include: "Chino Ranch", "Cudahy Ranch", "Scandia Land & Loan Co.", "The American Drug Co.", streetcar "307 Pacific Electric 307", "Pacific Light and Power Company", "Amalgamated Oil Company", "Associated Oil Company", "W.M. Garland & Co., real estate", "S.J. White & Co., real estate", "Eastern"....
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w 26 x 21 cm. glass plate negatives photographs
Los Angeles--Streets--6th Street #2 Los Angeles--Streets--Main Street--South of 6th Pacific Electric Railroad Building Buildings Main Street Streets Electric railroads
Time Period
circa 1905/1909
Place
California Los Angeles Main Street & 6th Street USA
Source
1-3-75 [Microfiche number] 2363 [Accession number] CHS-2363 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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