DescriptionBraley Building on the Hibernian Block, Los Angeles, 1900-1903 (CHS-1883).jpg |
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- Braley Building on the Hibernian Block, Los Angeles, 1900-1903
- Photograph of the exterior of the Braley Building (later the Hibernian Building), 4th Street and Spring Street, Los Angeles, 1900-1903. The first skyscraper in Los Angeles. The 12-story brick and stone building towers above the street and other buildings in the background below. Four horse-drawn wagons, numerous bicycles, and small groups of pedestrians are visible on the sidewalk and street below. Electric wires criss-cross the street for the use of streetcars (not visible). Legible signs include: "Brooks & Ferguson, architect", "Davies Lumber Co.", "Dr. Ayington[?], physician & surgeon", "Nevada Keystone Mining Co.", ..."& Long, [...] insurance, notary public", ..."& Long, real estate and mines", "Dr. C.W. [...], surgeon", "Burbank & Baker, real estate, stocks, bonds", "Burbank & Baker, Huntington Park", "Burbank & Baker, Hermosa Beach", ..."ampico Sugar Co., home office", "Southern California Savings Bank".
- The modern street address is Hibernian Building, 406, South Spring Street and is a residential building.
- Call number: CHS-1883
- Legacy record ID: chs-m957; USC-1-1-1-960
- Filename: CHS-1883
- Coverage date: 1900/1903
- Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
- Type: images
- Geographic subject (city or populated place): Los Angeles
- Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections
- Accession number: 1883
- Microfiche number: 1-9-17
- Archival file: chs_Volume67/CHS-1883.tiff
- Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
- Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
- Geographic subject (country): USA
- Format (aacr2): 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 22 x 17 cm., 25 x 20 cm.
- Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
- Subject (adlf): buildings
- Project: USC
- Repository email: [email protected]
- Contributing entity: California Historical Society
- Date created: 1900/1903
- Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries
- Format (aat): photographs
- Geographic subject (state): California
- Subject (file heading): Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- General #2; Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- General -- Braley Building
- Format: glass plate negatives
- Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
- Geographic subject (county): Los Angeles
- Geographic subject (roadway): Spring Street & 4th Street
- Subject (lcsh): Buildings
- Subject: Braley Building
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