Los Angeles Railway on Spring near 5th, 1904
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Another Post Card of a Modern City: Los Angeles 1904. LARY streetcars shoulder their way along congested Spring Street near 5th. The roof sign on the car in the foreground reads “WASHINGTON ST- WESTERN AVE.”
From Ralph Cantos:
It is very interesting to compare this 1904 postcard photo of LARY cars, with the 1909 post card shot on Broadway. In just 5 years, motor vehicles have almost completely replaced horse drawn vehicles. Things in LA were only going to get a HELL of a lot worse in the decades to come.
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We just received an identical image in the form of an 8″ by 10″ photographic print by C. C. Pierce & Co., Los Angeles (Offices near the corner of 5th and Spring, on both streets) an written on the back it states: “Negative # 6225, Spring Street North from 3rd on a busy day. The Douglas Building is on the left, circa 1905.” The N. B. Blackstone offices are on the left as well. The car in the foreground is possibly a 1904 Oldsmobile
I grew up in a small town in Illinois called Blackstone. It was supposedly named after a railroad magnate. Is it possible this is the same Blackstone?