Panoramic view of Los Angeles from the Lankershim Hotel, showing, 7th Street, Broadway, and Spring Street, ca.1905-1907

Description

Photograph (streetscape, horizontal photography) of a panoramic view (200 degrees) of Los Angeles from the Lankershim Hotel, showing, 7th Street (left), Broadway (center), and Spring Street (right), ca.1905-1907. The area to from the center to the left consists of mostly residential buildings and a few churches. The area to the right consists of mostly commercial buildings. Notable buildings include the Hotel Alexandria (right) and the California Furniture Co. (center). Mountains are visible in the distance.
CHS-5783 -- Legible signs include: "window shades linoleum", "share the far famed, General Author cigars, M.A. Gunst Cigar Co.", "Woodbury Business College". CHS-5782 -- Legible signs include: "for this and other property, Rob T. Marsh & Co., [...] Hellman bld.", "807, G.E. Price & Co.", "Hotel Rookwood", "the Pickwick apartments". CHS-5781 -- Legible signs include: "The Zech, furnished rooms", "Hotel Orena", "T. Wiesendanger". CHS-5780 -- Legible signs include: "Hotel Baltimore"; "the [...]carry", "the Ormond", "Los Angeles Gas and Electric Company", "[for] sale [...]", "[...] grocery", "the Darlington rooms", "Cozy rooms, why?, coffee", "Hotel Baltimore", "Gas Appliance Co.". CHS-5779 -- Legible signs include: "California Furniture Co., wallpaper, fabrics & art decorations", "Burrojaps, warranted, patent leather, 'they have that look', $4.00 shoes, A.L. Gude, 353 S. Spring", "Varney & Green, we fool the sun", "this property [...], Young Men's Christian Association, character [...], wont you help?", "Golden Gate Compressed Yeast Co.", "Y.B.", "Coca-cola", "Maryland apartments", "the Hampden Arms, European plan", "Hotel Trenton", "Toledo", "Fremont".
CHS-5778 -- Legible signs include: "the Wales apartments", "Silverwood's 300 hats", "Peck & Chase Co., undertakers", "Hotel Clarendon", "[...s]moke u[p]", "Joseph's furniture and carpet, goods sold on installments", "J.B. Jacoby", "we can sell your real estate, real estate, fire insurance, loans, rentals", "H.W. Hellman bldg.", "Mackie-Fredericks Co., furniture, carpets, curtains, rugs, mattings & linoleums", "the Tontime rooms, transients", "[...]aylor", "[Br]oadway, [...] furniture", "opening grand midwinter carnival, oriental, Exposition, Venice, Jan 14th, 1906", "[...] horse show, Pasadena, mch. 8, 9, 10", "Parmelee-Dohrmann building, Parmelee-Dohrmann Co., direct importers, retailers, [...]", "Forve Pettebone Co., gas & electric fixtures", "250,000, deep sea harbor, San Pedro, buy real estate", "[...]est & Co.", "Green-Marshall, wholesale & retail dealer[s], paints, oils brushes, glass, painte[r]s, supplies, sale agents, the akron varnishes", "F.P. Fay building", "Unique Theatre". CHS-5777 -- Legible signs include: "men's clothing", "Hotel Alexandria, erected by the Bilicke-Rowan Fire Proof Building Co., this fire proof hotel is absolutely fire proof", "ornamental brass and iron", "plating and refinishing", "gas and electric fixtures", "L.A. Gas and Electric Fixture Mfg. Co.", "DuBois & Davidson Furniture Co., your credit is good here", "'force'", "Hotel Lexington", "Wells Fargo & Co.".
CHS-5776 -- Legible signs include: "Los Angeles Furniture Co.", "the Holder Co.", "population Los Angeles, 1910; 300,000; 250,000; buy realty, W.M. Garland & Co., 324 Huntington bldg.", "[...] wallpaper [...] city", "F.M. Parker plumbing, estab 1889", "the Fidelity Real Estate Loan & Investment Co.", "Edelweiss beer", "Los Angeles Gas Repair Co., [...]P. Clausen, mngr.", "a fine 6 story building, 65 x 120 feet, for all retail, see R.A. Rowan & Co., 200, H.W. Hellman bldg.", "A.B. Cohn & Bro., the money lenders, N.W. cor. 3rd and Main sts., see our window displays", "Fort Co[...], flour [...], always uniform [...]", "Morosco's Burbank theatre, change of play every w[eek]", "M. J.B. [...], why?".

Title:

Record ID:

chs-m2649

Names & Dates

Created:

[circa] 1905/1907

Publisher:

[host] University of Southern California. Libraries

Subject

Topic:

Views , Los Angeles Furniture Company , [file heading] Los Angeles -- General views , [file heading] Los Angeles -- General Views -- 1900 , [file heading] Los Angeles -- General views -- Panoramas -- Composites (2 of 3) , cities , Edelweiss Beer

Coverage:

[circa] 1905/1907

Place:

[manmade features] A.B. Cohn & Brothers Money Lenders
[manmade features] California Furniture Company
[manmade features] Clara Barton Hospital
[manmade features] Crescent Wine Company
[manmade features] The Delaware
[manmade features] Eastern Outfitting Company
[manmade features] First Baptist Church
[manmade features] First Congregational Church
[manmade features] Forve Pettebone Electric Fixtures
[manmade features] Fremont Building
[manmade features] G.E. Price & Company
[manmade features] Grand Haven
[manmade features] Green Marshall Paints
[manmade features] Home Savings Bank
[manmade features] Hotel Alexandria
[manmade features] Hotel Grand
[manmade features] Hotel Hayward
[manmade features] Hotel Lankershim
[manmade features] Hotel Orena
[manmade features] Hotel Rookwood
[manmade features] Hotel Trenton
[manmade features] Hotel Twain
[manmade features] Hotel Washington
[manmade features] Howland and Dewey Photo Supplies
[manmade features] Joseph's Furniture and Carpets
[manmade features] Los Angeles Athletic Club
[manmade features] Los Angeles Furniture Company
[manmade features] The Louise
[manmade features] Mackie-Frederick's Company
[manmade features] Morosco's Burbank Theater
[manmade features] M.W. Hellman Building
[manmade features] Old City Hall
[manmade features] Pacific Electric Building
[manmade features] Pacific Market
[manmade features] Parmelee Dohrmann Company
[manmade features] Pickwick Apartments
[manmade features] P.M. Parker Plumbing
[manmade features] Simpson Auditorium
[manmade features] Temple B'nai Brith
[manmade features] Trinity Methodist Evangelical Church
[manmade features] Woodbury Business College.
[roadways] Broadway
[roadways] Grand Avenue
[roadways] Hope Street
[roadways] Olive Street
[roadways] Spring Street
[roadways] Fourth Street
[roadways] Fifth Street
[roadways] Sixth Street
[roadways] Seventh Street
[roadways] Ninth Street
[populated places] Downtown Los Angeles
[populated places] Venice
[cities] Los Angeles
[cities] Pasadena
[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:

glass plate negatives
negatives (photographic)
8 photographs : glass photonegatives, photonegatives, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 10 x 13 cm.
photographs

Access

Rights:

California Historical Society

Repository:

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

Ordering:

Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.

Identifiers

Record ID:

chs-m2649

Source:

[record id] USC-1-1-1-2713
[record id] USC-1-1-1-2727
[record id] USC-1-1-1-2749
[record id] USC-1-1-1-2716
[record id] USC-1-1-1-2629
[record id] USC-1-1-1-2714
[record id] USC-1-1-1-2717
[record id] USC-1-1-1-2718
[accession no] 5783
[accession no] 5782
[accession no] 5781
[accession no] 5780
[accession no] 5779
[accession no] 5778
[accession no] 5777
[accession no] 5776
[call no] CHS-5783
[call no] CHS-5782
[call no] CHS-5781
[call no] CHS-5780
[call no] CHS-5779
[call no] CHS-5778
[call no] CHS-5777
[call no] CHS-5776
[microfiche no] 1-2-63
[microfiche no] 1-2-64
[microfiche no] 1-2-65
[microfiche no] 1-9-72
[isla id] S-2190
[isla id] S-2191
[isla id] S-2162
[isla id] S-2193
[isla id] S-2194
[isla id] S-2225
[isla id] S-2226
[isla id] S-2227