Main Street in El Centro, ca.1910

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Photograph of Main Street in El Centro, ca.1910. At center, a wide dirt road can be seen extending into the extreme background. At left, a line of connected brick buildings are visible running parallel to the street. Legible signs include: "Bank", "Druggist", and "General Merchandise". Alongside the buildings, several men can be seen walking along the sidewalk. Along the street, several horse-drawn carriages are visible. Several wooden objects covered by a cloth can be seen in the carriage closest to the foreground. To the right, another large brick building with an archway is visible. A carriage with two horses sits nearby.

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Title Main Street in El Centro, ca.1910

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1910

Subject Imperial County -- El Centro (file heading), roadways (adlf), Stores, Retail (lcsh), Streets (lcsh), Wagons (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), El Centro (city or populated place), Imperial (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1910

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (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-m7299

Identifier 45181 (accession number), CHS-45181 (call number), CHS-45181 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-7439 (legacy record id), chs-m7299 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-7428 (legacy record id), USC (project), 21531 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 7439

Unique identifier UC122728

Legacy Identifier CHS-45181.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.2 in × 14.3 in at 300dpi
48.9 cm × 36.4 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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