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 the exterior of the Occidental Hotel on the east side of Hill Street between Fourth Street and Fifth Street, ca.1910. Two horse-drawn wagons and a bicycle are parked at the curb. The Thayer Decorating Company occupies one of the street-level storefronts of the three-story brick hotel building which bears the name "E. Wilson". Street car rails run through the middle of the street in front. The adjacent buildings are partially visible at each side of the hotel. Legible signs include: "Occidental Hotel", "Thayer Decorating Co.", "Fresco [...]nting", "Wall papers, [...] fabric", "430 So. Hill St.", "432, Keniston & Root", "Trusses, elastic hosery, hospital supplies", "434, The Los Angeles Fellowship, Offices of The Fellowship, Fellowship Publishing Company, Venice Assembly, New Century Club, Venter Lyceum Bureau, Emerson Hall", "New Century Club circulating library, literature [...] in economics for sale"..., ..."magazine"..., "A great"....
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. glass plate negatives photographs
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