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Photograph of Broadway looking south from Second Street, Los Angeles, ca.1895-1905. Three- and four-story buildings line both sides of the road, which runs from the foreground to the background at center. City Hall is visible, as are horse-drawn carriages and numerous pedestrians on the sidewalk. Street car rails are in the middle of the road. Utility wires are visible overhead.; Legible signs include: "Frank S[...], general broker", "Real estate", addresses "204", "214", ..."5¢ cigar", "Hammam Turkish baths", "tub, shampoo, plunge bath, 25¢", "Shoe repair", "Crocker" building, "Burbank"..., "214, The Examiner Office", ..."Ville [...] Paris"..., "Wall paper", "21[...] City of London, 21"..., ..."Barth [...]tt & Smith", "Y.M.C."..., "Agency American Central Insurance Co.", "G.A.[...] Brandis Rental Agency", "St. Paul Fam. Ins. Co., G.A.[...] Brandis Res. Agt.", "Fire, insurance", "O.C. Sens", "G.F. McLellan, notary public", ..."C. Sens, 205 [...]oring", "California Bank Building", ..."Law offices", ..."real estate and mines". |