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 Broadway looking south from Second Street showing a cable car, Los Angeles, ca.1893-1895. A cable car with several passengers is in the foreground. Horse-drawn vehicles are parked along the curb of both sides of the street. A few pedestrians are visible on the sidewalks. An American flag is hung across the street. The First Presbyterian Church is visible (at left). Legible signs include: "George D. Betts, [...]nt, [...]ate, [...]ents", "Downey Ave., 122, city limits", ..."eeks Domestic Bakery", "Groceries", "Wallpaper", "B. Sens", "E. Small, dentist", "California Bank Building", "Union Central Life Insurance", "National Building & Loan Association", "Express", "Dr. Boal", "Dentist", "A.C. [...], McLellan, fire insurance"..., "Frank B. Ha"..., "Real estate". Originally, the photograph was captioned as "Downey Avenue opening of Cable Railroad to East Los Angeles, June 8, 1889".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegatives, b&w 20 x 25 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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