View of Main Street looking north from the top of a building near 6th Street, Los Angeles, ca.1917

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Title	View of Main Street looking north from the top of a building near 6th Street, Los Angeles, ca.1917
Description	Photograph of a view of Main Street looking north from the top of a building near 6th Street, Los Angeles, ca.1917. Hotel Rosslyn (center) towers above other buildings on the street. Several similar-sized buildings stand adjacent to the hotel. Rooftops of shorter buildings in the foreground are visible. The street is busy with pedestrian and vehicle traffic. Many early-model cars are parked along the street.; Legible signs include: "Century", "[...] dollar", "Optic", "Montana Bar", "Burlesque", "Omar Theatre", "money to loan on anything, what have you?", "H. Rapha[...]", "Colyear's, furniture -- carpets -- stoves, storage, packing, shipping", "511, 504", "Hotel Leonide", "5th & Main Drug", "Canadian Office Bldg.", "San Fernando Office Bldg.", "Harper & Reynol majestic ranges", "Higgins building, absolutely fireproof", "Van Nuys hotel", "Schiffman dental office", "Hotel Rosslyn", "Title Insurance building", "store 46 x 69 feet, rent, inquire owners, [...]ros. -- Hotel Rosslyn", "red ruffled brick, common brick, hallow partition tile, from Los Angeles Brick Co., 503 Security building", "F.O. Engstrum, company contractors", "Isaias W. Hellman building, [...] Main St. -- 124 W. 4th St.", on a banner "James M. Murphy, register progressive", on a banner "vote for Vincent Morgan, candidate for district attorney, [...] Exchange bldg.", "Cedar Brook, bottled in bond", "Southern Cal. Wine Co.", "large silk pillow top for 25 coupons, Omar cigarettes, Turkish blend, 'the joy of life', 20 for 15¢", "Harry C. Bowers", "Klein -Norton Co., manufacturers, contributors, K[...]no[...], shirts, hosiery, underwear, overalls", "A.G. Gardner Piano House, Ltd.", "Coca-cola", "Western Wholesale Drug Co.", "Blake Mor[...], whol[esale], paper [...]".
Subject	Omar Theater; Colyear's Furniture
Subject (adlf)	commercial sites
Subject (lcsh)	Streets Theaters Hotels, taverns, etc. Burlesque (Theater)
Geographic subject (roadway)	Main Street; Sixth Street
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1917
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1917
Type	images
Format	glass plate negatives
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	photographs
Accession number	5723.2
Call number	CHS-5723.2
Legacy record ID	chs-m17459
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-5723.2
Archival file	chs_Volume99/CHS-5723.2.tiff

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