View of Sixth Street east from Hill Street showing several large buildings, 1909

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Title View of Sixth Street east from Hill Street showing several large buildings, 1909

Description Photograph of a view of Sixth Street east from Hill Street showing several large buildings, 1909. Sixth Street is at center and runs away from the viewer. It is marked by streetcar tracks and has broad sidewalks on both sides. There are many pedestrians crossing the street at center, and horse-drawn wagons and early automobiles are parked near the sides of the road. The left side of the street is lined with small buildings containing shops, while the right side has several large buildings that are at least six stories high. Legible signs include, from left to right, "Hennelly Hat Manufacturer", "Rooms", "The Meyberg Co.", and "H. Jevne Co.". The photograph features the following buildings: Lindley Building (built in 1887) can be seen at immediate left, while John H. Norton Block (built in 1906) is visible at immediate right ("H Jevne Co"). Walter P. Story Building (built in 1910) can be seen located at south-east corner of 6th Street and Broadway; Hotel Hayward (built in 1906) is visible at south-west corner of 6th Street and Spring Street; Grosse Building (1906-1957) at south-east corner of 6th Street and Spring Street; Pacific Electric Building (built in 1904) at south-east corner of 6th and Main; Kerckhoff Building (built in 1908) on the north-east corner of 6th Street and Main Street. Please note a license plate on the automobile at the near right. It is what was called a "dogbone" -- porcelain on metal plate, -- issued by the Automobile Club of Southern California from 1909-1913, before the State began issuing license plates.

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1909

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), buildings (lcsh), buildings (adlf), Carriages and carts (lcsh), H. Javne Company (subject), Hennelly Hat Manufacturer (subject), Los Angeles -- Streets -- 6th Street #1 (file heading), Stores, Retail (lcsh), Streets (lcsh), The Meyberg Company (subject)

Tags oai:digitallibrary.usc.edu:chs,OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 6th Street (roadways), Broadway (roadways), California (states), Hill Street (roadways), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Main Street (roadways), Spring Street (roadways), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1909

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), 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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m565

Identifier 14074 (accession number), CHS-14074 (call number), CHS-14074 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25515 (legacy record id), chs-m565 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-566 (legacy record id), 1-8-39 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25515

Unique identifier UC128347

Legacy Identifier CHS-14074.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.7 in × 13.5 in at 300dpi
47.5 cm × 34.4 cm at 300dpi

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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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