Name/Title
BIDART BLOCK, PUENTE, CA. 1920sEntry/Object ID
99.38.1.6Description
Color: Black; White
A black and white copy negative of the Bidart Block, Puente, ca. 1920. The two-story building, located at the southwest corner of Main and Second Streets is shown with a conical tower on the corner, a name plate on the Main Street frontage, the American Restaurant in the right first-floor store, and a meat market on the left first-floor store. A man and woman are seated on a wooden bench in front of the Main Street side of the building, a man stands in front of the restaurant, and a car is parked by the building at right, with the driver and two passengers in the back. Hitching posts are seen on both frontages. An electrical pole and street lamp pole are at the corner. The building at the right of the block (Fidel Rowland's?) has a sign indicating it houses a real estate, insurance, and loan office, as well as the constable's office. On the original negative is the photographer's name: C.W. Tucker, whose office was in Covina. As a newly created copy negative of print 96.49.1.11, the artifact is in mint condition.
Number-Units: 1Lexicon
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Two-dimensional, Negatives, American Restaurant, Commercial buildings--La Puente (Calif.), Restaurants--La Puente (Calif.)