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 first automobile parade in Los Angeles, sponsored by the Los Angeles Automobile Club, looking east on Sunset Boulevard, 1904. About six automobiles drive along the sidewalk. Each car (all without roofs) carries two to four people. Two boys stand in the street watching as the lead car turns onto the roadway. The sidewalk is line with telephone poles. Mostly undeveloped grassy hills are visible in the background. "Before there was a traffic problem".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegatives, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm., 17 x 21 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
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