Exterior view of the Jones residence at the northwest corner of Main and Fifth Streets looking north on Main, ca.1897

Description

Photograph of the Jones residence at the northwest corner of Main and Fifth Streets looking north on Main, Los Angeles, ca.1897. The residence of John H. Jones is visible to the right, its architecture, which appears to be early Victorian with a clapboard veneer, is mostly obscured by the foliage of a large tree on the sidewalk. The property is surrounded by a short picket fence (possibly wrought-iron), approximately three feet in height, and the yard is filled with small topiary trees. What appears to be a telephone pole is visible in the left foreground. The sidewalk, lined by trees similar to the one blocking the view of the house, extends back and away from the camera at right. The street does not appear to be paved. The Rosslyn Hotel was eventually built on this site.

Title:

Record ID:

chs-m633

Names & Dates

Created:

[circa] 1897

Publisher:

[host] University of Southern California. Libraries

Subject

Topic:

Streets , Architecture, Domestic , Dwellings , Jones, John H. , [file heading] Los Angeles -- Streets -- Main Street -- 4th to 6th , residential sites

Coverage:

[circa] 1897

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)
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, 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-m633

Source:

[record id] USC-1-1-1-634
[accession no] 6338
[call no] CHS-6338
[microfiche no] 1-6-87