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View of the northwest corner of Fifth Street and Spring Street (later the site of the Citizen's National Bank), 1905
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View of the northwest corner of Fifth Street and Spring Street (later the site of the Citizen's National Bank), 1905

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Photograph of a view of the northwest corner of Fifth Street and Spring Street (later the site of the Citizen's National Bank), 1905. Two policemen stand at the center of the intersection while pedestrians and traffic whiz by. Behind them, a large commercial block of two- to three-story buildings advertise via signs. Streetcar tracks are visible embedded in the road.; Legible signs from left to right include: "Dentist", "Y-B Havana Cigars", "Kahn's", "You Always Pay $15 for $25 Suits", "Restaurant", "Florist", "Floral Design", "Hygenic Baths", "A.K. Brauer and Co. Tailors for Men Who Know", "California Dental Parlors", "Hair Emporium", "Medical", "State Dispensary", "Lomax", "Blue Blood Shoe Store", "We Guarantee Every Case We Treat", "Drugs", "Echo Tavern", "Harris Frank", and "Shanghai". 
Asset Metadata
Title View of the northwest corner of Fifth Street and Spring Street (later the site of the Citizen's National Bank), 1905 
Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital) 
Date Created 1905 
Subject buildings  (lcsh), Citizen's National Bank  (subject), Los Angeles -- Streets -- 5th Street #1  (file heading), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Spring Street -- 3rd to 5th  (file heading), Police  (lcsh), roadways  (adlf), Streets  (lcsh) 
Tags OAI-PMH Harvest 
Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Spring Street & 5th Street (roadway), USA (countries) 
Temporal Subject 1905 
Type images
Format 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographs (aat), transparencies (aat) 
Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection) 
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-m764 
Identifier 7396 (accession number), CHS-7396 (call number), CHS-7396 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-7115 (legacy record id), chs-m764 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-765 (legacy record id), 1-9-113 (microfiche number), USC (project) 
IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID] 
DM Record ID 7115 
Unique identifier UC122583 
Legacy Identifier CHS-7396.tiff 
Type Image 
Internet Media Type image/tiff
Resolution 18.4 in × 14.5 in at 300dpi
46.9 cm × 36.9 cm at 300dpi 
Inherited Values
Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960 
Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans. 
Date Created 1860/1960 
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