Los Angeles hardware store, ca.1880

Description

Photograph of a Los Angeles hardware store, ca.1880. Hardware goods line the sidewalk in front of the store's elaborate columned façade. Spread out among the goods are eight men and a boy, all of whom are posing for the camera. Legible signs and advertisements include, from left to right, "Ladies [...] men", "The King [...] Paint", "The Chicago White Lead & Oil Co.", "Acme Gasoline Can", "Universal Stoves and Ranges have no equal", "Sole Agency for C. T. Raynolds & Co. 'House & Villa' Pure Liquid Paints", "Solid Comfort", "Buchanan Room", "Pasadena", and "19".

Title:

Record ID:

chs-m1416

Names & Dates

Created:

[circa] 1880

Creator:

[photographer] C.C. Pierce & Co.

Publisher:

[host] University of Southern California. Libraries

Subject

Topic:

Retail trade , Hardware stores , [file heading] Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Stores (1 of 2) , buildings

Coverage:

[circa] 1880

Place:

[cities] Los Angeles
[counties] Los Angeles
[states/provinces] California
[countries] USA

Relationships

Part Of:

[collection] Title Insurance and Trust / C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
[project] USC

Physical

Type:

images

Format:

negatives (photographic)
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
photographs

Access

Rights:

California Historical Society

Repository:

USC Libraries Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu

Ordering:

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Identifiers

Record ID:

chs-m1416

Source:

[record id] USC-1-1-1-1462
[accession no] 10512
[call no] CHS-10512
[isla id] S-4629