Description Photograph of a view of Main Street looking north from Fourth Street, Los Angeles, ca.1888-1898. A wrought-iron fence is partially visible along the sidewalk to the left of the unpaved street, with topiary visible behind it. To the left, the San Fernando Building is evident with other tall buildings behind it lining the right side of the street. The silhouettes of pedestrians navigating the road can also be seen.

Subject Architecture, Domestic (lcsh), Dwellings (lcsh), Hellman, I. W. (subject), Hotels, taverns, etc. (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Main Street -- Temple to 4th (file heading), roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh), Westminster Hotel (subject)

Coverage Spatial buildings: San Fernando Building (geographic subject), California (states), Downtown Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Main Street north from Fourth Street (roadway), USA (countries)

Coverage Geocoordinate 34.04797,-118.24638 (point), 34.048,-118.24604 (point), 34.04817,-118.24641 (point), 34.05223,-118.24245 (point)

Coverage Temporal 1888/1898

Inherited Subject Architecture, Domestic (lcsh), Dwellings (lcsh), Hellman, I. W. (subject), Hotels, taverns, etc. (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Main Street -- Temple to 4th (file heading), roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh), Westminster Hotel (subject)

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 1888/1898

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Type images

Format 1 microfilm frame : negative, b&w ; 35 mm. (aacr2), microfilms (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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