There was a time when people walked. A time when men would dress in their best 3-piece suits to take a Yellow Car to 5th & Broadway for a fountain drink at the Owl Drug Company. A time when a city took pride in its buildings. Its street lamps. Itself.

The year was 1925.

Photo from the USC Digital Archive

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