Exterior view of Downey Block on the corner of Spring Street and Temple Street, ca.1905

Publication date
January 2000
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries

Abstract

Photograph of an exterior view of Downey Block on the corner of Spring Street and Temple Street, Los Angeles, ca.1905. Men and women stand along the sidewalks and in the street in front of the Romanesque Downey Block, a building which houses several commercial interests; The Hazard and Harpham Patent Office advertises on the top floor, while signs on the bottom floor advertise all types of alcoholic beverages. Legible signs include: "Cars Stop Here", "Hazard and Harpham foreground American Patents / Copyrights, [...], Labels", "Dentistry", "Whiskies", "Complete on Exchange / Maier and Zobelien Pilsner", "Orgullo / Mexican F[...]", "J.N. Rushton", and "Beer on Draught"

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