Description Photograph (streetscape, horizontal photography) of the busy intersection of Spring Street and Third Street, looking north from Third, Downtown Los Angeles, ca.1905. In the extreme foreground there is a motorized carriage with two riders, in front of which a horse-drawn wagon is crossing, bearing the name "California Carpet Co." Two cable-cars are pictured further back, the one closest to the foreground with a sign on its front that reads "Washington St./Western Ave." In the right foreground is a four-story building with a brick first story from which two possibly tarp canopies extend. More buildings of similar size continue along the street into the background, some with spired roof designs.; Legible signs include: "Montgomery Bros.", "N.B. Blackstone and Co.", ..."American"..., ..."ndick", "Oy"... Picture file card reads: "Douglas building on left northwest corner of 3rd Street and Spring Street, still there in 1978".

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), buildings (lcsh), California Carpet Company (subject), Carriages and carts (lcsh), Electric railroads (lcsh), Horse (subject), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Spring Street -- 1st to 3rd (file heading), Pacific Electric Car (subject), roadways (adlf), Streetcar (subject), Street-railroads (lcsh), Streets (lcsh), Wagons (lcsh)

Coverage Spatial California (states), California Carpet (manmade features), Downtown Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), N.B. Blackstone Company (manmade features), Spring Street & West 3rd Street (roadway), USA (countries)

Coverage Temporal 1904/1906, 1905

Inherited Subject Automobiles (lcsh), buildings (lcsh), California Carpet Company (subject), Carriages and carts (lcsh), Electric railroads (lcsh), Horse (subject), Los Angeles -- Streets -- Spring Street -- 1st to 3rd (file heading), Pacific Electric Car (subject), roadways (adlf), Streetcar (subject), Street-railroads (lcsh), Streets (lcsh), Wagons (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 2 photographs : photonegatives, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 10 x 13 cm. (aacr2), 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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