Description Photograph of Spring Street looking north from First Street, ca.1884. Eight horse-drawn carriages with riders can be seen driving the entire stretch of the street. Still more are parked without their horses or riders to either side. In the left foreground a brick two-story building with tall windows decorated by arched molding displays signs which read "1883 / Schnacher Block", "Decker Bros. Pianos / at / Day's Music Store", "Furniture and Carpets", "Day and Brown / Music and Stationary". Buildings to the right side of the photograph are predominantly three to four stories high and also brick.; Other legible signs include: "[...]tists.", "[...]rch & Roal", "[...]ard. / [...]ods / [...]ns.", "Dry Goods", "Pacific Restaurant and Oyster Parlors", "[Peo]ple's Store", "Brunswick Billiard Hall", "Dobinso[n] Real Est[ate]", "H.J.[...] Wholesale Groc[...]", "Lord and Fisher [...]", and "Auction".

Subject buildings (lcsh), Carriages and carts (lcsh), Horse railroads (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Spring Street -- North of 1st (file heading), roadways (adlf), Stores, Retail (lcsh), Streets (lcsh)

Coverage Spatial California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Spring Street & 1st Street (roadway), USA (countries)

Coverage Temporal 1883/1885, 1884

Inherited Subject buildings (lcsh), Carriages and carts (lcsh), Horse railroads (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Spring Street -- North of 1st (file heading), roadways (adlf), Stores, Retail (lcsh), Streets (lcsh)

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.

Date Created 1883/1885, 1884

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Type images

Format 3 photographs : photonegatives, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

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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