View of commercial Main Street in Los Angeles, showing the Grand Central Hotel, 1888

Description

Photograph of a view of commercial Main Street in Los Angeles, showing the Grand Central Hotel, 1888. The dirt lanes of Main Street run diagonally through the image from the lower right to the left background, dotted by horse-drawn carriages and trolley cars. The street is bordered on both sides by parked carriages and two- to three-story commercial buildings, which are constructed primarily in the Second Empire style of architecture. Men and women stand along the sidewalks that edge each side of the street. The elaborate structure of the Grand Central Hotel sits at the center of the image.
Legible signs, from left to right, include: "Southern California Insurance Company", "Santa Fe Route", "[Furn]iture, Carpets, Paper, Bedd[ing]", "Saratoga Restaurant", "Grand Central Hotel", and "St. Charle[s]".

Title:

Record ID:

chs-m616

Names & Dates

Created:

1888

Publisher:

[host] University of Southern California. Libraries

Subject

Topic:

Streets , Horse railroads , Hotels, taverns, etc. , Grand Central Hotel , [file heading] Los Angeles -- Streets -- Main Street -- Temple to 4th , roadways

Coverage:

1888

Place:

[roadways] Main Street
[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-m616

Source:

[record id] USC-1-1-1-617
[accession no] 31134
[call no] CHS-31134