Panoramic view of downtown Los Angeles from the Melrose Hotel, ca.1914

Description

Photograph of a panoramic view of downtown Los Angeles from the Melrose Hotel, ca.1914. Large Victorian residential buildings are in the foreground. The commercial district, city government buildings and churches are visible further back. Notable buildings are the Times building (center left) and the Merchants & Trust building (center right).
CHS-5711: Legible signs include: "Thorpe office building", "The Wa[...]ga [...] Roms", "American Type", "the Me[...]rd rooms", "the Nea[...]", "The Times", "General Arthur", "Los Angeles Soap Co., white hand soap", "Panama", "Union Har[...]", "National Ice and Cold Storage Co.", "L.A. Gas", "Pasadena Electric Exp[...]", "M[...] Brewing Co., 'select' beer".
CHS-5712: Legible signs include: "[...]owen & Dolton", "Times Mirror", "Grand Theatre", "Hotel Argonaut", "Owl cigar [...]", "Haas, Baruch & Co.", "drink Coca-Cola, relieves fatigue", "Royce Franklin & Co.", "Hotel Seymour, furnished rooms", "Carnation mush", "Merchants & Trust building", "Hellmany Bank, Broadway branch, pays 4% on deposits", "Crane Co.".

Title:

Panoramic view of downtown Los Angeles from the Melrose Hotel, ca.1914

Record ID:

chs-m17455

Names & Dates

Created:

[circa] 1914

Publisher:

[host] University of Southern California. Libraries

Subject

Topic:

Views , Buildings , cities

Coverage:

[circa] 1914

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

Physical

Type:

images

Format:

glass plate negatives
2 photographs : glass photonegatives, 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-m17455

Source:

[accession no] 5711
[accession no] 5712
[call no] CHS-5711
[call no] CHS-5712