View of commercial Sixth Street near Grand Avenue, looking east, showing automobiles and streetcar tracks, ca.1920

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Title	View of commercial Sixth Street near Grand Avenue, looking east, showing automobiles and streetcar tracks, ca.1920
Description	Photograph of a view of commercial Sixth Street near Grand Avenue, looking east, showing automobiles and streetcar tracks, ca.1920. The paved lanes of Sixth Street, striped with streetcar tracks, run through the center of the image. Parked automobiles line the right side of the street, while other automobiles drive along the left. Both sides of the street are lined by commercial buildings, primarily highrises. A few pedestrians walk along the paved sidewalks in front of the buildings.; Legible signs, from left to right, include: "Hotel [?] 45 [?] 2.50", "Pacific Coast Buyers & Sellers Exchange", "[?] Hotel", "[Spark]letts Bottled Water [?] Healthful", "Union Leader", "New China Chop Suey", "Hotel Savoy. Absolutely Fireproof. [Ev]ery Room With Bath", "Hotel", "Laundry", "Carl's Auto Park. 722 W 6th", "Famous Food 5 cents", and "Morris the Tailor".
Subject (adlf)	roadways
Subject (file heading)	Los Angeles -- Streets -- 6th Street #1
Subject (lcsh)	Streets Automobiles Buildings
Geographic subject (roadway)	6th Street & Grand Avenue
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1920
Contributor	Foster & Kleiser
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1920
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Accession number	31151
Call number	CHS-31151
Legacy record ID	chs-m552; USC-0-1-1-553; USC-0-1-1-567
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
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-31151
Archival file	chs_Volume147/CHS-31151.tiff

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