Panoramic view of Los Angeles from the Lankershim Hotel, showing, 7th Street, Broadway, and Spring Street, ca.1905-1907

Photograph (streetscape, horizontal photography) of a panoramic view (200 degrees) of Los Angeles from the Lankershim Hotel, showing, 7th Street (left), Broadway (center), and Spring Street (right), ca.1905-1907. The area to from the center to the left consists of mostly residential buildings and a few churches. The area to the right consists of mostly commercial buildings. Notable buildings include the Hotel Alexandria (right) and the California Furniture Co. (center). Mountains are visible in the distance.; CHS-5783 -- Legible signs include: "window shades linoleum", "share the far famed, General Author cigars, M.A. Gunst Cigar Co.", "Woodbury Business College". CHS-5782 -- Legible signs include: "for this and other property, Rob T. Marsh & Co., [...] Hellman bld.", "807, G.E. Price & Co.", "Hotel Rookwood", "the Pickwick apartments". CHS-5781 -- Legible signs include: "The Zech, furnished rooms", "Hotel Orena", "T. Wiesendanger". CHS-5780 -- Legible signs include: "Hotel Baltimore"; "the [...]carry", "the Ormond", "Los Angeles Gas and Electric Company", "[for] sale [...]", "[...] grocery", "the Darlington rooms", "Cozy rooms, why?, coffee", "Hotel Baltimore", "Gas Appliance Co.". CHS-5779 -- Legible signs include: "California Furniture Co., wallpaper, fabrics & art decorations", "Burrojaps, warranted, patent leather, 'they have that look', $4.00 shoes, A.L. Gude, 353 S. Spring", "Varney & Green, we fool the sun", "this property [...], Young Men's Christian Association, character [...], wont you help?", "Golden Gate Compressed Yeast Co.", "Y.B.", "Coca-cola", "Maryland apartments", "the Hampden Arms, European plan", "Hotel Trenton", "Toledo", "Fremont".; CHS-5778 -- Legible signs include: "the Wales apartments", "Silverwood's 300 hats", "Peck & Chase Co., undertakers", "Hotel Clarendon", "[...s]moke u[p]", "Joseph's furniture and carpet, goods sold on installments", "J.B. Jacoby", "we can sell your real estate, real estate, fire insurance, loans, rentals", "H.W. Hellman bldg.", "Mackie-Fredericks Co., furniture, carpets, curtains, rugs, mattings & linoleums", "the Tontime rooms, transients", "[...]aylor", "[Br]oadway, [...] furniture", "opening grand midwinter carnival, oriental, Exposition, Venice, Jan 14th, 1906", "[...] horse show, Pasadena, mch. 8, 9, 10", "Parmelee-Dohrmann building, Parmelee-Dohrmann Co., direct importers, retailers, [...]", "Forve Pettebone Co., gas & electric fixtures", "250,000, deep sea harbor, San Pedro, buy real estate", "[...]est & Co.", "Green-Marshall, wholesale & retail dealer[s], paints, oils brushes, glass, painte[r]s, supplies, sale agents, the akron varnishes", "F.P. Fay building", "Unique Theatre". CHS-5777 -- Legible signs include: "men's clothing", "Hotel Alexandria, erected by the Bilicke-Rowan Fire Proof Building Co., this fire proof hotel is absolutely fire proof", "ornamental brass and iron", "plating and refinishing", "gas and electric fixtures", "L.A. Gas and Electric Fixture Mfg. Co.", "DuBois & Davidson Furniture Co., your credit is good here", "'force'", "Hotel Lexington", "Wells Fargo & Co.".; CHS-5776 -- Legible signs include: "Los Angeles Furniture Co.", "the Holder Co.", "population Los Angeles, 1910; 300,000; 250,000; buy realty, W.M. Garland & Co., 324 Huntington bldg.", "[...] wallpaper [...] city", "F.M. Parker plumbing, estab 1889", "the Fidelity Real Estate Loan & Investment Co.", "Edelweiss beer", "Los Angeles Gas Repair Co., [...]P. Clausen, mngr.", "a fine 6 story building, 65 x 120 feet, for all retail, see R.A. Rowan & Co., 200, H.W. Hellman bldg.", "A.B. Cohn & Bro., the money lenders, N.W. cor. 3rd and Main sts., see our window displays", "Fort Co[...], flour [...], always uniform [...]", "Morosco's Burbank theatre, change of play every w[eek]", "M. J.B. [...], why?".