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Title
Pen drawing depciting a birdseye view of Main Street in Los Angeles, ca.1875
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1875
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 pen drawing depciting a birdseye view of Main Street in Los Angeles, ca.1875. Horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians can be seen strewn through the wide dirt street that cuts into the left background from center. To the left, the Cosmopolitan Hotel building and Merchants Bank can be seen. To the right, an ornate Viennese building can be seen, ornamented by flags. A more residential area can be seen in the distance.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
art
Identifier
chs-m590
USC-0-1-1-591 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-12789
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m590
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-12789.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Streets--Main Street--North of Temple
Streets
Cities
Time Period
circa 1875
Place
California
Los Angeles
Main Street
USA
Source
1-6-153 [Microfiche number]
12789 [Accession number]
CHS-12789 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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