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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: specol@usc.edu
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
Date 1900/1903 (date created)
Source http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/id/8865
Author Unknown authorUnknown author
Camera location34° 02′ 55.62″ N, 118° 14′ 53.89″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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