Junction at Main Street, Spring Street, and 9th Street, Los Angeles, ca.1917

Photograph of the junction at Main Street, Spring Street, and 9th Street, Los Angeles, ca.1917. Main Street and Spring Street begin to span outward creating a triangular shaped block (center). A majority of the building along these streets is approximately three-stories or taller. There is a fountain in the island situated in the middle of the large multi-directional intersection. The streets are crowded with pedestrian and vehicle traffic.; Legible signs include: "101, Record Exchange, electric wiring, mazda lamps", "laundry office, shirts, collars, free [...]", "Preferencia cigar", "Y-B Havana cigars", "Los Angeles, 1920; 1,000,000; W.M. Garland & Co., 224 Van Nuy bldg.", "Anheuser Busch on draught", "R.A. Rowan & Co., agents for this property", "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", "corporation office building", "State Mutual Association", "Hotel Iovita (or Jovita?), new [...], private [...]", "Los Angeles Title Insurance Company", "Mortgage Guarantee Co., capital $1,500,000", "American Express Co., 625 So. Spring St", "Security Trust and Savings Bank", "Eastern Outfitting Company", "Hotel Huntington", "816 Boston Bedding Co.", "Miller Theatre, 300 (or 800?) seats", "M. Kan furnit[ure]", "Hotel Rockford", "Fox Kiddies".