View of Main Street looking north from the Pacific Electric building, with snow-capped San Gabriel Mountains in view, Los Angeles, ca. January 1, 1907
Photograph of a view of Main Street looking north from the
Pacific Electric building, with snow-capped San Gabriel Mountains in view, Los Angeles, ca. January 1, 1907. The cityscape is thriving with mostly commercial buildings. Notable buildings include Hotel Rosslyn (center) and the Union Lithograph Co. (foreground at right). Hotel Rosslyn stands on the corner of the 5th Street and Main Street intersection. The streets are filled with pedestrian and vehicle traffic.
Legible signs include: "[Silver]wood's $3.00 hats", "Merchants Trust Company
building", "[...] Hanslor Co. Inc. grocers", "Hotel Rosslyn", "H. Raphael Co.", "Owl cigar, now 5¢, [...]nst Cigar Co., Pac-Coast distr's", "Ed Herwick", "G.A. Thiele, wallpaper, mound city paints and oils", "Varney & Green", "'thank you', Lily Cream, California sterilized, manufactured by
Pacific Creamery Co., Los Angeles, California", "store your furniture & household goods, [...]olyear Warehouse Co., absolutely fireproof, 415-17-19 San Pedro St, trunks stored 25¢ a month", "Ed Herwick", "cutlers and grinders", "[W]ilson, [...]all", "suits pressed 50¢", "Gus T. Thomas, agent for real estate business opportunities, rentals, etc., 451 1/2, room 2", "New York tailor suits to order, alterations, cleaning, pressing, etc., for ladies and gents", "the [...] Allen Co.", "[...] 418 S. Broadway, [...]", "Wells Fargo & Co. Express", "Barker Bros. furniture, [...]ts, [drape]ries", "Western Wholesale [...] Co.", "M[c]Clellas Ranst Co., pictures, frames, art novelties, 111, 113", "Hotel Butler", "[...]
Electric Co.", "The Union Lithograph Co., B.S. Hubbard, pres. And manager, successors to Los Angeles Lithograph Co., lithographers, printers, binders, steel die and copper plate engraving and printing, agents Schmidt Litho. Co., labels and cartons", "[...] Reynolds Co., hardware, oil well supplies", "Blake[...] Pape[...]".
USCdigital archive/Title Insurance and Trust / C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960