Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) looking north on Alvarado Street from south side of 7th Street, Los Angeles. Street car making left turn into 7th Street holding up eight autos north bound and eighteen south bound (hidden by street car), 3:50 p.m. Also visible are: automobiles, bus, buildings (businesses & residences), a park (Westlake Park, later MacArthur Park) with many trees, fire escape, pedestrians, street lights, utility poles and lines, barber pole, coin-operated scale, bicycle, benches. Legible signs include: "Fancy fruits, vegetables, Adolph's Alvarado Market, [...] mushrooms, avocado"..., "Xmas cards and folders"[?], "Drugs", "Stores", "Young's Market Co. Inc., milk-fed poultry", "California bank", "Alvarado" bus, "go" traffic signal, "Parking 1 hour, 7 A.M. to 6 P.M."..., "Western Union", "Fine tailoring", car license "A-33 02".
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image
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photographs photographic prints photoprint : b&w 9 x 14.5 cm.
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