Hotel Gray, Main Street and Third Street, ca.1905 (CHS-899)

Hotel Gray, Main Street and Third Street, ca.1905
Photograph of Hotel Gray, northeast corner of Main Street and Third Street, ca.1905. The hotel stands at center three-stories tall with striped cloth awnings on many windows. The building also includes a pharmacy, shoe store, men's clothing store, and confectionery. Electric lines for the streetcar line are visible. Several wagons are parked on the street. Some pedestrians are present. Legible signs include: ..."lson", ..."ig [...]orks", "Chicago [...] laundry", "Gents"..., "New York Pharmacy", "Drugs", "Standard Shoe Store", "Boy's clothing", "Men's clothing", "Clothing, 270, Boots and shoes, Columbia", "Columbia Clothing and Shoe House", ..."low prices"..., "Hats, trunks, [...]s", "Gray", "276 Confectionery 276", "Meek Baking Co., [...], assorted bread, home made bread", "Hotel Gray", "Burbank Theatre [...] week [...] Jan. 1"..., "All groceries"..., "The Passion Play"..., "Los Angeles Grocery Co.", "Wait for [...] inside", "Take t[...] cars"..., "Furnished rooms, rooms for rent".
Call number: CHS-899
Legacy record ID: chs-m622; USC-1-1-1-623
Filename: CHS-899
Coverage date: circa 1905
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: 899
Microfiche number: 1-6-65
Archival file: chs_Volume52/CHS-899.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): 1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 22 x 17 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: circa 1905
Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries
Format (aat): photographs
Geographic subject (state): California
Subject (file heading): Los Angeles -- Streets -- Main Street -- Temple to 4th
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): Main Street & Third Street
Subject (lcsh): Streets; Hotels, taverns, etc.; Retail trade
Subject: Hotel Gray; Stores; Main Street