This shot of downtown Los Angeles in 1910 is filled with Angelenos for whom: catching public transport was a way of life because not many of them knew someone with their own private automobile; the sight of a horse and carriage wasn’t unusual enough to think twice about; wearing ankle-length dresses and corsets was de rigeur even in summer; probably hadn’t yet visited Abbot Kinney’s “Venice of America” development even though it’s been open for 5 years now; and were used to seeing streetlamps with one major bulb surrounded by six smaller ones.
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