Spring Street, Los Angeles, Cal.
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Identifier |
clloy_053 |
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Title |
Spring Street, Los Angeles, Cal. |
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Creator |
Unknown |
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Date Published |
circa 1910 |
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Subject (Topic) |
Streets--California--Los Angeles; Central business districts--California--Los Angeles; Historic districts--California--Los Angeles; Cable cars (Streetcars) |
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Subject (Place) |
Spring Street (Los Angeles, Calif.); Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) |
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Type |
image |
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Form/Genre |
Postcards |
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Physical Description |
1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm. |
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Institution |
Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University |
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Country of Creation |
DE |
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Copyright Status |
public domain |
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Copyright Statement |
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/ |
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Publisher |
Newman Post Card Company |
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Place of Publication |
Los Angeles |
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Language |
eng |
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Description |
A nighttime view, looking south down Spring Street, showing the intersection with First Street. Several electric trolley cars run down the center of the street. The streetcars in the foreground are marked "Hollywood" and "Griffin Ave." Also on the street are several horse-drawn carts and carriages and crowds of pedestrians. |
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Historical Background |
Around 1910, many of Los Angeles' financial institutions, which had previously been scattered throughout the downtown area, began relocating to Spring Street so that it came to be known as the "Wall Street of the West." It was Los Angeles' original financial district, housing many of the city's banks, title and trust companies, and the Los Angeles Stock Exchange, which opened in October, 1929. Spring Street was also home to one of the first street railways in Los Angeles established in 1874. Between 1900 and 1910, it gave way to the electric trolley system developed by Henry E. Huntington. |
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Additional Printed Matter |
On back: "Los Angeles, Cal. 'On the Road of a Thousand Wonders.'" |
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Publisher's Identifier |
Series number: No. A. 69 |
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Additional Notes |
Made in Germany. |
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Title (Alternative) |
Los Angeles, Cal. "On the road of a thousand wonders" |
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Source |
Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection |
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