Description Photograph of a panoramic view of downtown Los Angeles, looking south between Spring Street and Broadway from the Courthouse, ca.1905. The cityscape is thriving with many commercial buildings, including one under construction (upper right). Prominent buildings are the Nadeau Hotel (center left) and the Chamber of Commerce building (center).; CHS-5065: Legible signs include: "The Empire", "The Times Mirror Printing & Binding House, 110 N. Broadway", "engravers, printers", "printing, bookbinding, engraving", "Baumbardt Publishing Co. Printers", "Office of ... and contractor ...", "wines, liquor", "Kent[uc]ky Liq[uor]", "L.A. Rubber Stamp Co., seals, stencils, stamps, badge, check, ...", "Hotel Nadeau", "Trust Building", "Hotel Lex[ing]to[n]", "...air, ...ster & Co., ...agate & tinware, ... stoves, ...otions", "Jas. Smith & Co., clothiers", "Luckenbach & Co. Inc. Jewelers, 141 S. Spring St.", "offices for rent in this building", "Bryson Blo...", "Dro...ld ma[de] signs, 143 S. [Broadw]ay", "Chamber of Commerce", "...r[e]nts, [t]he great credit ho[use]", "Wood Bros. Clothiers, [34]3 & 345 S. Spring", "Geo J. Birkel Co., Steinw..., and other ..., pian...", "C.H. Frost Building", "Grant Building".; CHS-5066: Legible signs include: "Franklin", "Brotherto[n]", "Highland Villa", "Hotel Lincoln".

Subject cities (adlf), Los Angeles -- General Views -- 1900 (file heading), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Broadway -- Temple to 1st (file heading), Streets (lcsh), Views (lcsh)

Coverage Spatial Broadway Street (roadways), California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), North Broadway (roadways), USA (countries)

Coverage Temporal 1904/1906, 1905

Inherited Subject cities (adlf), Los Angeles -- General Views -- 1900 (file heading), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Broadway -- Temple to 1st (file heading), Streets (lcsh), Views (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 1904/1906, 1905

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Type images

Format 3 photographs : glass photonegatives, photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.; 2 Photoprints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), negatives (photographic) (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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Panoramic view of downtown Los Angeles, looking south between Spring Street and Broadway from the Courthouse, ca.1905

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