DOI: 10.25549/chs-c65-140
title: Broadway, north from Sixth Street, Los Angeles, ca.1906

description: Photograph of Broadway, north from Sixth Street, Los Angeles, ca.1906. The street is crowded with people, horse-drawn carriages, and street vendors. Streetcars are moving down the street passing the many buildings and shops. A banner hangs across the street advertising a "Midwinter carnival...oriental exposition in Venice". Another banner advertises for a horse show in Pasadena. Mercantile Place, now the Arcade Building is on the right.; Legible signs include: "Mackie Fredericks Co.", "[...]orn stoves and steel ranges", "rugs, mattings and linoleums", "furniture, carpets and draperies", "543, 547", ..."credit is now open to everybody", "[...]gelus [...] studio, [...] portraits, 535", "[...]ylor, [...]ailor, [...]sher", "[...] Cie, [t]ailors", "The Milton", "W. Hunter & Co.", "hardware", "cloaks & suits", "[m]ade to order", "Knopf", "The Standard Furniture Co.", "billiards, pool, bowling", "The Owl Drug Co.", "Broadway Drapery and Furniture Co., rugs, mattresses"..., "Cummings", "opening, grand winter carnival and oriental, exposition 'Venice' Jan. 14th 1906", "southern California horse show, Pasadena, Mch. 8, 9, 10", "6th and Rampart Sts.", "Los Angeles Van Truck and Storage Co., cut rate shipped of [...] old", "Parmelee"..., "Parm[...], Dohr[...], direct [...], retail [...], ch[...]"..., "matinee today, doors open 2:30p.m.", "Mercantile Place", "J.A. Graha, 1619", "Elden Hotel", "Richters".; CHS-5200A: Caption begins: "Information of picture no. 5200. 1. Mercantile Place - now site of Arcade Building. Probably no part of original building is the same as Boyle Workman in his book states that it was torn down to make room for the Arcade Building. 2. Forve Pettebone Co. - Building still there. Although painted over, the sign can still be distinguished. Now called '512 So. Broadway Building.' 3. I feel fairly certain this is the same building. It is now occupied by Dr. E.D. Hubert, Dentist, above, and by Tom McAn Shoe Store on the ground level. 4. Building changed. Until recently, Silverwoods occupied this site. 5. No longer there - now site of Chester Williams Building built in 1927. 6. Could not positively identify but think it is the '430 So. Broadway Building.' 7. Old Los Angeles City Hall between 2nd and 3rd on Broadway. Built in 1888-9 and used until present City Hall built in 1928. 8. I am quite certain this is the Nelson Building. All the ornamentation has been removed, but the shape of the building, number of windows, etc. is exactly the same."; CHS-5200A: Caption ends: "9. The west side of Broadway from Fifth to Fourth Street. Could not definately recognise any building in this block although some may just have newer fronts. I believe the building where Ted's Discount is now located might be the same. The Broadway Dept. Store was located in the same location at the time of this picture, but the building they recently vacated was rebuilt in 1926. Another building in this block at the time of the picture was the E. Wilson Block with the Broadway Hotel. 10. Fifth Street Store - now the '312 West Fifth Street Building' - Thrifty Drug Store occupies the ground level. 11. Los Angeles Examiner - looks like both (10) and (11) have been torn down to make room for the present building built in the early 1920's [Bldg. built 1924]. 12. I could not identify any of these buildings. However, it is quite possible new fronts have completely disguised them as they all looked very old. 13. Fairly certain this building is still there and now houses a Linen Store and a Karl's Shoe Store. 14. Again could not identify these buildings but could be same remodeled."