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 panoramic view of downtown Los Angeles, looking east with the 8th Street and Olive Street intersection in view, ca.1910-1913. The cityscape is thriving with commercial buildings and developed roadways. A majority of the buildings are block-shaped and have at least 5 floors except for some of the buildings in the foreground which are shorter and whose roofs are visible. Notable buildings include the Bullock's department store building (center), The Woodward (center, before Bullocks), and the Hamburger building (right). Automobiles (or trucks) and several horse-drawn wagon are visible. CHS-5663: Legible signs include: "Mozart Theatre, Grand Ave.", "Hollenbeck's lunch room", "B.B. Kitchen", "Hotel [...]orey", "the motorcycle repair shop", "barber shop", "The Boston Tailoring Co.", "Bicycle", "[...] Supply Co.", "Hotel Gilpin", "Hotel Trenton", "Smith Brothers, Stearns Knight", "up to the minute cars & trucks, Sparks & Miller Motor Co.", "The Woodward", "R. Fred Vogel building, Meiling's, grocery and meat market, delicatessen and bakery", "Brooks Auto Park, will open here after May [...], cars delivered [...] from your office", "Home Telephone Co.", "Fisk Rubber Co., for automobile tires", "East[...]", "Bullock's", "Pease Bros, strictly one price, better furniture, better carpets, better draperies, better trade here", "R.D. Bronson Desk Co., office furniture, safes", "Hotel Chickasa[...], European", "[...]ian building". CHS-2078: Legible signs include: "The Woodward", "Bullocks", "White Garage, storage, repairing, supplies", ..."A.B.C. Employment Agency", "Starter", "Herreshoff 30", "Pure distilled gasoline 17", "California Furniture Company, furniture, carpets, draperies, wall paper decorations, upholstery", "Furniture, carpets, rugs", "Lyon-McKinney-Smith Co., furniture, carpets, draperies, lowest prices", "Central Building", "Realty bo"..., "Union Oil Bldg.", "The Tuec Co.", "Morey & Machin, perfect fitting, shirts and shirt waists, made to order", "The southern California, L.A. Business College, Healds of LA and Ocean Park", "The Sperry A. Hutchinson Co.", "Our new building"..., "Indian & Mexican Goods", "758, P.F. Kingston Company, 758", ..."Sewing machines", "The Miles Bros. Film Exchange", "405, Piedmont Barber Shop, 405", "Lunch room", "Cafeteria", "Sanborn, Vail & Co., wholesale, retail, engraving, picture frames, drafting materials, office supplies, stationery, pictures, artist's materials", "Swobdi millinery importer", "Terrill, dressmaker & importer", "Terrill, dressmaker, French underwear, corsets"..., "The Jonquil Hotel", "811, Witzel Studio 7, artistic portraits", "Broadway, Eighth & Hill Sts., Hamburger's largest department store in the west, absolutely fire-proof" (later the May Company), "Isaacs-Woodbury Business College, fifth floor, Hamburger bldg., entrance 320 west 8th St.".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegatives, b&w 21 x 26 cm. glass plate negatives photographs
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