Hamburger's Department Store seen from down a very busy street, ca.1890-1899

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Title Hamburger's Department Store seen from down a very busy street, ca.1890-1899

Description Photograph of Hamburger's Department Store seen from down a very busy street, ca.1890-1899. There are many horse-drawn wagons, cable cars, and pedestrians in the scene. In the street at center, a railcar is visible. At least four horse-drawn carriages can be seen as well. A man on a bicycle is also visible on the road moving rapidly to the right. Pedestrians flood the sidewalks on both sides of the street. Large buildings line both sides of the street. On the left, large striped awnings protrude from each of the buildings over the sidewalk. In the background at center, the sign "Hamburgers" can be seen at the top of a large structure.; Legible signs include: "Hamburger's", ..."tt & Co.", "Dr. Lowder, Dentist", "1888, Schumacher Block", "Dry goods, notions, stationery", "See us for overcoats", ..."Phillip's Block"..., "Harris & Frank, London Clothing Co."...[?], "J.M. Hale Co., 109", "111, H.J. Whitley Co., 111", "113, The 5 & 10¢ Store"[?], "Grand Ave." streetcar, ..."Patent Office", ..."Parlors"..., "Los Angeles National Bank", ..."restaurant, bakery", "The Merchant's Barber shop", "Up to date, Crandall Aylsworth Company, bargains".

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1890/1899

Subject buildings (adlf), Department stores (lcsh), Hamburger's Department Store (subject), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Stores (1 of 2) (file heading), Retail trade (lcsh)

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

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Spring Street & 1st Street (roadways)

Temporal Subject 1890/1899

Type images

Format 1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), 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-m1411

Identifier 154.1 (accession number), CHS-154.1 (call number), CHS-154.1 (filename), isla id: S-4632 (identifying number), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-2279 (legacy record id), chs-m1411 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-1457 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 2279

Unique identifier UC115791

Legacy Identifier CHS-154.1.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.4 in × 14.1 in at 300dpi
46.7 cm × 35.9 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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