Image: Panoramic view of Los Angeles, looking west from the Pacific Electric building, with Main Street and 7th Street in view, January 1, 1907 (CHS-5774)

Description: Panoramic view of Los Angeles, looking west from the Pacific Electric building, with Main Street and 7th Street in view, January 1, 1907 Photograph of a panoramic view of Los Angeles, looking west from the Pacific Electric building, with Main Street and 7th Street in view, January 1, 1907. Main Street (at left) runs vertically crossing 7th Street, which runs horizontally (foreground). A majority of the buildings in the foreground are three stories or less. The most notable building is the Hotel Lankershim at right.; CHS-5774 -- Legible signs include: "[...]ed Harness Co., traveling bags and suit cases, 652", "Hotel Faremont, furnished rooms", "Drake & Fotheringham", "National Auto Garage, buy right now in Na[...]les, the miracle of the year, the city of [...]ed tile roofs, automobile repair shop", "through the orange groves, Riverside Redlands, 'inside track', Southern Pacific, 600 So. Spring St., corner [...]", "Bartlett water", "Rainier beer", "drink Shaw's Ironbrew, a non alcoholic life renewer", "Huntington market", "Saratoga bar", "depot for sample case, Havana cigars", "Denning & Woodbury, printers and sales book makers, room 220, 702 So. Spring St.", "Godfrey", "C.C. Rossner", "new and second hand furniture, bought, sold & exchanged", "Leather, Grill & Drapery Co., 708 S. Spring St., best place to buy leather goods", "Buster Brown", "mid winter number, Los Angeles Times, January 1st, 1907", "Malto beer", "'San Diego'", "the most unique attraction [...]", "real estate", "for sale, this choice double frontage, 50 feet on Spring Street, extending to Main Street", "store no. 2, Southern Cal Wine Co.", "Sheehan's wall", "7421, furnished rooms", "the Hampshire, rooms", "D.N. & E. Walter & Co. Inc., carpet rugs, mattings, linoleum, oil cloths, etc.", "Hotel Rose", "the Niagara, furnished rooms", "the Anheuser Busch, Bob M. Craw prop.", "Pierce [...]", "European plan, Hotel Cadillac", "Goodyear tires", "[...] Lyon [...] Co.", "Runyon Co.", "Munger's laundry", "Western lumber & mill co.", "Brents", "Overells", "Weed Hardware Co.", "screen doors, hardware", "[...] and stables", "Superior Auto Co.", "Paris Auto", "Los Angeles Sash and Door Co.", "Montana Lodging House", "[C]arl Carriage Works", "Howard Marine Motor Co.", "Standard Motor Car Co.", "the Runyun Co., signs".; CHS-5775 -- Legible signs include: "Diamond Palace, 453 So. Broadway, fine watches, diamonds and jewelry", "Enterprise Trunk Factory", "Elkskin Shoe Store", "R.G. Cottier, manufacturer of harness", "Pioneer Wall Paper Co., roofing", "[...]lity Real Estate & Investment Co.", "Los Angeles", "Racycle", "Hat Factory", "the Hub, world beaters for overcoats", "Standard Furniture Co.", "Enterprise Trunk Factory", "Elkskin shoe store, shoes made to order, wholesale or retail", "R.G. Cottier, manufacturer of harness", "Hotel Lankershim", "Armstrong's dairy lunch", "books bought", "Keystone Monogram whiskey", "Ratto's Italian restaurant, winter garden", "Hotel Corona, furnished rooms", "smoke Haas, Baruch & Co's", "Ffifer's Union 5AC/", "the greatest 5AC/ cigar in the world", "the Quality store", "Lyon, McKinney, Smith & Co", "furniture, carpets, draperies", "pianos, J.B. Brown Music Co., pianos", "Lester pianos, last a lifetime", "Krakauer pianos". Call number: CHS-5774; CHS-5775 Filename: CHS-5774; CHS-5775 Coverage date: 1907-01-01 Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 Format: glass plate negatives Type: images Geographic subject (city or populated place): Los Angeles Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections Accession number: 5774; 5775 Microfiche number: 1-9-71; 1-6-131 Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Geographic subject (country): USA Format (aacr2): 2 photographs : glass photonegatives, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Subject (adlf): cities Project: USC Repository email: specol@usc.edu Contributing entity: California Historical Society Date created: 1907-01-01 Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries Format (aat): photographs Geographic subject (state): California Subject (file heading): Los Angeles -- General views -- 1900 Legacy record ID: chs-m2661; USC-1-1-1-2726 Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. Geographic subject (county): Los Angeles Geographic subject (roadway): Seventh Street & Spring Street Subject (lcsh): Views
Title: Panoramic view of Los Angeles, looking west from the Pacific Electric building, with Main Street and 7th Street in view, January 1, 1907 (CHS-5774)
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