View of Spring Street looking toward Fifth Street in Los Angeles, showing the Arcade Building and the Alexandria Hotel, ca.1953

Description

Photograph of a view of Spring Street looking toward Fifth Street in Los Angeles, showing the Arcade Building and the Alexandria Hotel, ca.1953. The Arcade Building is at left and has a massive archway at center. It is a tall building and a metal fire escape can be seen on the side of the building at left. The Alexandria Hotel is at center and is a tall rectangular building that towers over the neighboring structures. At street level, many automobiles are parked along the curbs on the paved street.
Legible signs include, from left to right, "The Arcade Grill", "Delicatessen Restaurant", "Typewriters Adding Machines", "Spring Arcade Building", "Engravers Printers", "Alexandria", and "Security".

Title:

Record ID:

chs-m788

Names & Dates

Created:

[circa] 1953

Publisher:

[host] University of Southern California. Libraries

Subject

Topic:

Streets , Buildings , Automobiles , [file heading] Los Angeles -- Streets -- Spring Street -- 5th to 6th , buildings

Coverage:

[circa] 1953

Place:

[roadways] Spring Street & 5th 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 : photonegatives, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm., 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-m788

Source:

[record id] USC-1-1-1-789
[accession no] 15011
[accession no] 33304
[call no] CHS-15011
[call no] CHS-33304
[microfiche no] 85-3-2