A horse-drawn food truck in front of the University of Southern California campus in 1910. 

Part of the University of Southern California History Collection in the USC Digital Library.

A run on the All Night And Day Bank at the corner of Sixth and Spring in downtown Los Angeles, 1910.

Part of the Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection in the USC Digital Library.

1917 view of Lafayette Park, looking to the northwest toward Hollywood. Wilshire Boulevard is visible on the extreme left.

Part of the Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection in the USC Digital Library.

In 1910, Joseph Fawkes built an experimental, propeller-driven monorail in Burbank. Discover the full story with L.A. as Subject’s latest post to Los Angeles magazine’s City Think blog.

Circa 1910 view of Fifth Street in downtown Los Angeles, looking east from Olive Street. The edge of Central Park, since renamed Pershing Square, is visible on the right.

Part of the Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection in the USC Digital Library.

Circa 1917 view of Main Street, looking north from atop a building near Sixth Street.

Part of the TICOR/Pierce Collection in the USC Digital Library.

Circa 1915 view of the Ship Cafe and Venice pier at sunset.

Just in time for Sunday’s CicLAvia — the Los Angeles Fiesta Wheelmen in their cycling uniforms, circa 1910.

Part of the Title Insurance and Trust / C.C. Pierce Photography Collection in the USC Digital Library.

1915 view of Figueroa Street (then named Pasadena Avenue) in Highland Park.

Part of the Title Insurance and Trust / C.C. Pierce Photography Collection in the USC Digital Library.

Feb. 22, 1913: Barbecue to celebrate the opening of Montrose, a new 300-acre subdivision in the Crescenta Valley. The celebration (and land auction) took place at the present-day intersection of Verdugo Blvd. and Clifton Place in the City of Glendale.