Title |
View of Main Street looking north from 4th Street, Los Angeles, ca.1924 |
Description |
Photograph of a view of Main Street looking north from 4th Street, Los Angeles, ca.1924. The street is busy with pedestrian, automobile and streetcar traffic. Prominent buildings are the Van Nuys Hotel (at left), Hotel Westminister (at right), and the [...] National Bank building (at left). The bank building features Greek-like architecture while the other buildings along the street are more contemporary. Further down the street, directly above traffic hangs a sign that reads: "Stop". Other legible signs include: on a cable car "Sierra Madre, 716", license plates on vehicles "1-109-186, 644-544", street signs "vehicles must not stnad between here and next corner, ordinance no. 2[...]51; no parking in loading zone, 45 minute parking 7 A.M to 4 P.M., no parking 4 to 6:15 P.M., Auto Club, So. Cal", "Geng Seng", "original [Fo]llies, [...]pin & Fargo presents [...] comedy [...] girls [...] everything", "books", "[...]ggins building, absolutely fire proof [sic]", "eat", "soda, drugs, cigars", "tap room buffet", "trunks as low as [...]", on a theatre building "Robert Elliot in [...]an and Wife, [...]d[..]lle". |
Subject |
Van Nuys Hotel; Hotel Westminster; Geng Seng |
Subject (adlf) |
roadways |
Subject (file heading) |
Los Angeles -- Streets -- Main Street -- Temple to 4th |
Subject (lcsh) |
Streets Hotels, taverns, etc. |
Geographic subject (roadway) |
Main 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 1924 |
Publisher (of the digital version) |
University of Southern California. Libraries |
Date created |
circa 1924 |
Type |
images |
Format (aacr2) |
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. |
Format (aat) |
negatives (photographic) photographs |
Contributing entity |
California Historical Society |
Accession number |
9001 |
Call number |
CHS-9001 |
Microfiche number |
1-6-142 |
Legacy record ID |
chs-m626; USC-1-1-1-627 |
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 |
Public Domain. Please 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. |
Physical access |
Send requests to address or e-mail given |
Repository name |
USC Libraries Special Collections |
Repository address |
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 |
Repository email |
specol@usc.edu |
Filename |
CHS-9001 |
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Archival file |
chs_Volume52/CHS-9001.tiff |