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 a view of the Downey Block in Los Angeles at the site of the Post Office, 1900. A long, two story building is at center and stretches across almost the entire image. The upper story is light-colored, while the bottom is darker. There are long lines of arched windows on both levels, although on the bottom level they are broken up by doorways. A large cloth awning projects from the building at left. There is a streetcar in the street in front of the building at right, and several pedestrians can be seen as well. Legible signs include, from left to right: "Ming House", "Entire Stock at Auction This Building to be Torn Down Jan 1, 1900[...]U.S.P.O.", "Iron Beds Furniture J.N. Hoyston Mattresses", "[...]neral Aurthur", and "St. Elmo".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w 21 x 26 cm. transparencies photographs
Buildings Street-railroads Stores, Retail Los Angeles--Architecture--Commercial--General #2 Los Angeles--Architecture--Commercial--General--Downey Block
Time Period
1900
Place
California Los Angeles Spring Street & Main Street USA
Source
1-9-135 [Microfiche number] 11426 [Accession number] CHS-11426 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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