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Corner of Marchessault and Los Angeles Streets, L.A

Description: View of storefronts and businesses in an adobe building in Los Angeles. Visible signs include "C.J. Bickford," "Cigar," and "Potato Sacks Wanted Here." In addition there are billboards on a fence including one for "A Night at the circus."
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1880s-1890s
Call number: photCL 435
Creator: Fletcher, W. H(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Mead Kibbey, December 30, 1999.

Corner of Los Angeles and Aliso Streets

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Street view in Los Angeles. Building to the right houses Geo. Lacour and Hotel du Lion d'or.

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Buildings at corner of Alpine Street, Los Angeles

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Image of the corner of Alpine Street in Los Angeles, California, with the Dan Gibson Horse Shoeing & Wagon Shop at center, with a sign for "Spana Cuba, A Quality 5₵ Cigar, Yocum Bros.," and a sign for tailor Willis H. Routzahn (spelled "W.H. Routzhan" on the sign) at left. Street car tracks and telephone poles are visible in the image. A small sign labeled "Alpine Street" can be seen on the edge of the roof line of the building at right.

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Junction of Main and Spring Streets, Los Angeles, Cal

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Street view in Los Angeles with pedestrians, horse drawn carriages, and streetcars. The building in the center houses the Cohn Brothers Clothing House, County Bank, Main Street Savings Bank and two law offices. The building to the right houses the A. Zellerbach & Sons Wholesale Stationers and Paper Dealers.

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View of a residence with the address number 312 on unidentified street in Los Angeles

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View of a two story home on an unidentified street in Los Angeles.

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Construction of Hazard's Pavilion, at 5th and Olive streets, Los Angeles, California

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View of the wooden frame of Hazard's Pavilion surrounded by lumber during the construction of the auditorium on 5th Street at the corner of Oliver Street in Los Angeles, California. Streetcar tracks are visible in the dirt street, and the wooden fence at the corner has signs with visible words including "Evans and Co.," "MacConnell," "Eagleson and Co." and "Fowler."

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North Los Angeles Street, Old Chinatown, Los Angeles

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View of a row of two-story buildings with balconies in the 500 block of North Los Angeles Street in Old Chinatown, Los Angeles, with signs for "Fook Wo Lung Curio Co." and "Chew Fun & Co. Chinese Herbs" visible and an automobile parked at the street curb. The Hop Sing Tong Society headquarters was located at 520 1/2 N. Los Angeles Street. The buildings face the Los Angeles Plaza (not pictured) and the central building (with three dormer windows) was built for Don Vicente Lugo and known as the Lugo Adobe.

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Corner of Marchessault and Los Angeles Streets, L.A

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