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Title
Horse-drawn carriages in front of the Inglewood Post Office, ca.1900
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
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
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Description
Photograph of a horse-drawn carriages in front of the Inglewood Post Office, ca.1900. Two open carriages pulled by dark horses are visible in the foreground. The single-story clapboard post office is at center. It has a flat roof and a wrap-around covered porch. A small man or boy can be seen in the shadows on the wooden porch. An American flag flies from the roof of the building. Legible signs include, from left to right: "Inglewood Post Office", and "Coffee".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m5766
USC-0-1-1-5888 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-33168
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5766
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-33168.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles County--Inglewood
Postal service--Buildings
Horses
Carriages and carts
United States Postal Service
Buildings
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
California
Inglewood
Los Angeles
USA
Source
33168 [Accession number]
CHS-33168 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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