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View of Fifth Street looking west from Main Street, ca.1925
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View of Fifth Street looking west from Main Street, ca.1925

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Photograph of a view of Fifth Street looking west from Main Street, ca.1925. Fifth Street runs from the foreground at center towards the background at left. Tall buildings can be seen along the side of the road at right. Many streetcars and automobiles can be seen traveling on the road, and dozens of pedestrians can be seen on the sidewalk. Two American flags hang from a building at left.; Legible signs include, from left: "Surgeon", "$15 for Men's Suits", "Maple Ave.", "Power off", "Title Insurance Bldg", and "$2 Hats". 
Asset Metadata
Title View of Fifth Street looking west from Main Street, ca.1925 
Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital) 
Date Created 1925 
Subject cities  (adlf), Views  (lcsh) 
Tags OAI-PMH Harvest 
Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Main Street and Fifth Street (roadway), USA (countries) 
Temporal Subject 1925 
Type images
Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat) 
Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection) 
Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu
Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library. 
Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library. 
Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given 
Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m24153 
Identifier 48618 (accession number), CHS-48618 (call number), CHS-48618 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-23391 (legacy record id), chs-m24153 (legacy record id), USC (project) 
IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID] 
DM Record ID 23391 
Unique identifier UC124014 
Legacy Identifier CHS-48618.tiff 
Type Image 
Internet Media Type image/tiff
Resolution 21.2 in × 26.5 in at 300dpi
54.0 cm × 67.3 cm at 300dpi 
Inherited Values
Title California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 
Description The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.

We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others. 
Date Created 1860/1960 
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