Panoramic view of Downtown Los Angeles from 9th St. showing Broadway, Spring St. & Main St. & intersecting 9th St., 1917

Photograph (streetscape, horizontal photography) of a panoramic view of Downtown Los Angeles from Ninth Street showing (from left to right) Broadway, Spring Street and Main Street and intersecting 9th Street, about November 1917. The cityscape is thriving with commercial and few residential buildings. Spring and Main Streets are busy with pedestrian and vehicle traffic. Other streets have mild traffic.; CHS-5765 -- Legible signs include: "Investment building", "Hamburger's largest department store in the west, absolutely fire-proof", "[W?]allys", "Bronson's Desk Exchange, buy, sell, used des[...], very low", "designers & mfrs. of Smart Hats for smart ladies, the Gould Hat & Frame Co., millinery supplies", "the great [...] of music, Von Stein Academy of Music", "Examiner Want Ads", "Remington Typewriter Company", "National Business College", "Black Cat Garage, entrance 834 So. Broadway, repairs", "Tin Shop", "drink Coca-Cola, delicious and refreshing, relieves fatigue", "the Niagara furnished rooms", "Wriggley's", "Newmark's Cabinet, the 5¢ cabinet", "cigars, Apex 5¢, Eldalo 5¢", " J.W. Hellman, hardware, plumbing goods, refrigerators, water and gas pipe".; CHS-5764 -- Legible signs include (part 1 of 2): "I.N. Van Nuys building", "J.W. Hellman, hardware, plumbing goods, refrigerators, water and gas pipe", "drugs", "rooms", "garage", "tin shop", "[...]ara rooms", "Security Trust and Savings Bank", "Hibern[...]", "Los Angeles Title Insurance Company", "Mortgage Guarantee Co., capital $1,500,000", "American Express Co., 625 So. Spring St", "State Mutual bldg. and [...] association", "Corporation Office Building", "Hotel Jovita, new and modern, private showers, telephones, steam heat", "Wrigley's spearmint gum, every package tightly sealed, perfect gum", "the Oyster Ocean", "agents for this property, R.A. Rowan & Co., Title Insurance Bldg.", "Gans Bros. building, electrical stores, 812, 815", "'make Miller's a weekly habit', there's miller over there, read our ad here tonight, we show 'Wm' fox photoplays", "Central bldg.", "[...] Wine Co.", "palace [...]", "Anheuser Busch on draught", "Pacific Electric Railway, Mt. Lowe, Orange Empire trolley trip, Eastern Outfitting Company, free credit here, adjoining Pacific Electric building, furniture, carpet, draperies, houses furnished complete", "Mason", "Huntington", "Wilde & Caldwell, $10.00 clothing, $15.00 [...]", "816 Boston Bedding Co.", "M. Kan furnit[ure]", "Hotel Rockford", "Fox Kiddies", "846 Miami motorcycles, $7 payments [...]", "these stores to lease", "Argyle Hotel", "drink Coca-Cola, delicious and refreshing", "Hotel Rockford", "cafeteria"; CHS-5764 -- Legible signs include (part 2 of 2): "816, Boston Bedding Co.", "expert watch and jewelry repairing, prices reasonable, we buy old gold jewelry, musical instruments, fire arms [...]", "Jobbing Co.", "we sell new upright pianos", "auto tire store", "L.A. Gas", "Union Labor Temple", "La Confesion cigars, Cuban made, mild, Skinner & Knecht, distributors", "W. Ross Campbell", "O.J. Webber Co., dairy supplies, Putnam & Valentine, commercial photographers", "Aristo bldg.", "Benjamin Kaplan & Co. Inc., manufacturers and importers of ladies fine neckwear and novelties, ruchings, rufflings, laces, babybonnets", "Kierulff & Co.", "McComas Dry Goods Co.", "L.A. Notion", "H. Raphael Co., fuse and window glass", "So. Cal Hardwood & Manufacturing Co. wall beds", "General Motor Service, free air, auto repairs machine work, auto accessories", "Miller Theatre, 300 (or 800?) seats", "The Neuner Company, printers, lithographers, photo engravers, steel and copper plate printing, books, bindings, office equippers, commercial fancy stationers", "Pacific pipe and supply company", "Brunswick phonographs", "Western Electric Company", "Los Angeles cold storage warehouse", "Hotel Morris", "Grayco building for manufacturers and jobbers, absolutely fire and rain proof", "W. Ross Campbell, controlling agents".; CHS-5763 -- Legible signs include: "[...] hotel", "D. Zukerman, carpenter, cabinet maker, [...], sawing, [...] repairing", "restaurant, rooms", "sign shop", "Wilshire gasoline", "Hansen Dairy Co.", "B. & F. Buffet", "Whiting-Mead Commercial Co.", "[...] transient", "M.J.B. Coffee, why?", "The Brunswick Balke Collender Co. of California, Brunswick phonographs, tires, billiard tables, bowling alleys, tires and tubes", "Summers Mfg. Co. Inc., 5th floor, belts, suspenders, puttees, leggings", "Cluett, Peabody & Co. Inc., arrow, collars, shirts, 2nd floor", "The Great Crdit House", "The Neuner Company, printers, lithographers, photo engravers, steel and copper plate printing, books, bindings, office equippers, commercial fancy stationers", "Pacific pipe and supply company", "Western Electric Company", "The Great Credit House".本照片为街景横向全景摄影作品，拍摄于1917年11月左右，取景自第九街，展现洛杉矶市中心全景，画面从左至右依次为百老汇街、斯普林街与主街，以及与之交汇的第九街。城市景观以商业建筑为主，辅以少量住宅建筑；斯普林街与主街行人与车辆往来繁忙，其余街道交通较为平缓。 CHS-5765——可辨识招牌包括："投资大厦"、"汉堡百货（Hamburger）：西半球规模最大的百货商场，全程防火"、"[W?]allys"、"布朗森办公桌交易所（Bronson's Desk Exchange）：买卖二手办公桌，价格极低"、"为时尚女士设计制作时尚礼帽的古尔德帽饰与框架公司（Gould Hat & Frame Co.），提供女帽制作辅料"、"顶级音乐学府冯·施泰因音乐学院（Von Stein Academy of Music）"、"《考察家报（Examiner）》分类广告栏"、"雷明顿打字机公司（Remington Typewriter Company）"、"国立商业学院（National Business College）"、"黑猫车库（Black Cat Garage）：南百老汇834号为入口，提供汽车维修服务"、"锡器店"、"饮用可口可乐（Coca-Cola），美味清爽，缓解疲劳"、"尼亚加拉公寓（the Niagara furnished rooms）"、"瑞格利食品店（Wriggley's）"、"纽马克零食柜（Newmark's Cabinet）：5美分一份"、"雪茄：爱佩克斯（Apex）5美分，埃尔达洛（Eldalo）5美分"、"J.W.赫尔曼（J.W. Hellman）：五金、水暖器材、冰箱、给排水管与燃气管材"。 CHS-5764——可辨识招牌（第一部分，共两部分）包括："I.N.范努伊斯大厦（I.N. Van Nuys building）"、"J.W.赫尔曼（J.W. Hellman）：五金、水暖器材、冰箱、给排水管与燃气管材"、"药房"、"客房"、"车库"、"锡器店"、"[...]ara公寓"、"安全信托储蓄银行（Security Trust and Savings Bank）"、"希伯[...]（机构）"、"洛杉矶产权保险公司（Los Angeles Title Insurance Company）"、"抵押担保公司（Mortgage Guarantee Co.），注册资本150万美元"、"美国运通公司（American Express Co.），南斯普林街625号"、"州立互助大厦与[...]协会（State Mutual bldg. and [...] association）"、"企业办公大楼（Corporation Office Building）"、"霍维塔酒店（Hotel Jovita）：全新现代化设施，配备私人淋浴、电话与蒸汽供暖"、"瑞格利薄荷口香糖（Wrigley's spearmint gum）：每包密封严实，品质上乘"、"海洋牡蛎餐厅（the Oyster Ocean）"、"该地产代理：R.A.罗文公司（R.A. Rowan & Co.），位于产权保险大厦"、"甘斯兄弟大厦（Gans Bros. building）：电器商店，门店编号812、815"、"'养成每周光顾米勒门店的习惯'，隔壁即为米勒门店，今晚将放映威廉·福克斯（Wm' fox）出品的剧情电影"、"中央大厦（Central bldg.）"、"[...]葡萄酒公司（[...] Wine Co.）"、"宫殿[...]（palace [...]）"、"供应安海斯-布希（Anheuser Busch）生啤"、"太平洋电气铁路（Pacific Electric Railway）：洛威山、橙界有轨电车之旅；东方服饰公司（Eastern Outfitting Company）：毗邻太平洋电气大厦，提供家具、地毯、窗帘全屋配齐服务，可赊账"、"梅森（Mason）"、"亨廷顿（Huntington）"、"怀尔德与考德威尔（Wilde & Caldwell）：10美元服装，15美元[...]"、"波士顿寝具公司（Boston Bedding Co.），816号"、"M.坎家具店（M. Kan furnit[ure]）"、"罗克福德酒店（Hotel Rockford）"、"福克斯童星系列（Fox Kiddies）"、"迈阿密摩托车（Miami motorcycles），846号，首付7美元，按月付款[...]"、"商铺招租"、"阿盖尔酒店（Argyle Hotel）"、"饮用可口可乐，美味清爽"、"罗克福德酒店"、"自助餐厅（cafeteria）"。 CHS-5764——可辨识招牌（第二部分，共两部分）包括："波士顿寝具公司（Boston Bedding Co.），816号"、"专业钟表与珠宝维修，价格合理，回收旧金首饰、乐器与枪械[...]"、"批发公司（Jobbing Co.）"、"销售全新立式钢琴"、"汽车轮胎店"、"洛杉矶燃气公司（L.A. Gas）"、"联合劳工圣殿（Union Labor Temple）"、"忏悔牌雪茄（La Confesion cigars）：古巴手工制作，口感温和，经销商：斯金纳与内克特（Skinner & Knecht）"、"W.罗斯·坎贝尔（W. Ross Campbell）"、"O.J.韦伯公司（O.J. Webber Co.）：乳制品用品；帕特南与瓦伦丁（Putnam & Valentine）：商业摄影师"、"阿里斯托大厦（Aristo bldg.）"、"本杰明·卡普兰公司（Benjamin Kaplan & Co. Inc.）：女士高档领饰、新奇配饰、抽褶饰边、荷叶边、蕾丝与婴儿帽的制造商与进口商"、"基鲁夫公司（Kierulff & Co.）"、"麦科马斯百货公司（McComas Dry Goods Co.）"、"洛杉矶针织用品店（L.A. Notion）"、"H.拉斐尔公司（H. Raphael Co.）：保险丝与窗玻璃"、"南加州硬木制造公司（So. Cal Hardwood & Manufacturing Co.）：壁床"、"通用汽车服务站（General Motor Service）：免费充气、汽车维修、机械加工与汽车配件销售"、"米勒剧院（Miller Theatre）：300（或800？）座"、"纽纳公司（The Neuner Company）：印刷商、平版印刷师、照相制版师，承接钢铜版印刷、书籍装订、办公设备配套与商业精美文具制作业务"、"太平洋管道供应公司（Pacific pipe and supply company）"、"布伦瑞克留声机（Brunswick phonographs）"、"西方电气公司（Western Electric Company）"、"洛杉矶冷藏仓库（Los Angeles cold storage warehouse）"、"莫里斯酒店（Hotel Morris）"、"格雷科大厦（Grayco building）：专供制造商与批发商使用，全程防火防雨"、"W.罗斯·坎贝尔（W. Ross Campbell）：全权代理人"。 CHS-5763——可辨识招牌包括："[...]酒店"、"D.祖克曼（D. Zukerman）：木匠、家具制造商，承接锯木与[...]维修业务"、"餐厅、客房"、"招牌制作店"、"威尔希尔汽油（Wilshire gasoline）"、"汉森乳制品公司（Hansen Dairy Co.）"、"B&F自助餐（B. & F. Buffet）"、"怀廷-米德商业公司（Whiting-Mead Commercial Co.）"、"[...]临时住宿"、"M.J.B.咖啡，为何？"、"加州布伦瑞克·鲍克·科伦德公司（The Brunswick Balke Collender Co. of California）：布伦瑞克留声机、轮胎、台球桌、保龄球馆设备、轮胎与内胎"、"萨默斯制造公司（Summers Mfg. Co. Inc.）：位于5楼，销售腰带、吊裤带、绑腿、裹腿"、"克卢特·皮博迪公司（Cluett, Peabody & Co. Inc.）：箭头牌衣领与衬衫，位于2楼"、"顶级信贷之家（The Great Credit House）"、"纽纳公司（The Neuner Company）：印刷商、平版印刷师、照相制版师，承接钢铜版印刷、书籍装订、办公设备配套与商业精美文具制作业务"、"太平洋管道供应公司（Pacific pipe and supply company）"、"西方电气公司（Western Electric Company）"、"顶级信贷之家"。