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Description
Photograph of a panoramic view of Los Angeles from the corner of 4th Street and Grand Avenue on Bunker Hill, ca.1913. Notable buildings include two under construction buildings (center and left), the Los Angeles Examiner building (center), the Hazards Pavilion (right) and the Philharmonic Auditorium (right). Legible signs include: "Los Angeles Ice & Cold Storage Co.", "cold storage warehouse", "Hotel Crescent", "Earl V. Lewis Co., Kodaks, Eastman Agency, two st[...], exclusively [...]", "Broadway Drapery and Furniture [...], 447 So. Broadway", "Myer Siegel & Co.", "Broxburn Hotel", "Hotel Trenton", "L.A. Brg. Co's, beer, E[...], leads them all", "for space, R.A. Rowan & Co.", "Los Angeles Examiner", "[P]ettebone Co., gas and electric fixtures", "Dromgold Schroeder Co.", "Severance building, R.A. Rowan & Co., agents, 200 Title Insurance bldg", "Mammoth", "brothers", "Union Oil building", "Hotel Hayward", "Los Angeles Trust and Savings building", "Central building", "Pantages Theatre, American & European artists of repute, matinee [...]", "Wrigley's Spearmint pepsin gum, buy it by the box, the flavor lasts".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. glass plate negatives photographs
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