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Panorama of Pacific Palisades

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Description: Panoramic view of Pacific Palisades, California, showing open land and houses with a small community at left. At the intersection in foreground at right, a billboard reads “Hottentot Riding Academy” -- a horse ranch off Sunset Boulevard.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1925
Call number: photCL 555
Creator: Marquez, Ernest (1924-)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased in part by the Library Collectors' Council from Ernest Marquez, January 2014.

From Hill, Los Angeles

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Elevated view looking northeast from Fort Moore Hill (also known as Fort Hill) over part of downtown Los Angeles including the Plaza neighborhood known as "Sonora Town" in the foreground, with Buena Vista Street (now North Broadway) partially visible in the foreground, with a two-story house on it near the intersection of Bellevue Avenue (later Sunset Boulevard and now Cesar E. Chavez Avenue).

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Panorama of Los Angeles, section 4

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Elevated view of downtown Los Angeles, California, as seen looking east from Poundcake Hill and focused on the multi-story commercial buildings on the block of Spring Street between the intersection of Spring and Main Street (not visible, at left) to Market Street (not visible, at right), including the three-story Italianate Temple Block building located at the intersection of Main Street and Spring Street and the Louis Lewin & Co. storefront, with partially visible sign near center (14 Spring Street). New High Street is visible in the foreground with houses including a yard with laundry drying on a clothesline in a yard behind a fence in the foreground has handwritten signs "Fishing tackle of Liddle & Kaeding 538 Wash. St., SF" and "Dr. J.C. Young Cures All Chronic Diseases 618 Sac St. S.F."

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The Palisades, Santa Monica, Cal

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View of the natural branch wood fence bordering the Sunset Trail along the edge of the bluffs in Palisades Park, with the beach, a pier and crane, tents, and automobiles in the background, in Santa Monica, California.

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Dedication of Sunset Blvd., Pacific Palisades

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Image of a speaker addressing a crowd during the dedication of Beverly Boulevard (now Sunset Boulevard) in Pacific Palisades, California, with automobiles parked along the street at the construction site.

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Spring St., Los Angeles

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View looking north up Spring Street towards the intersection with Main Street in downtown Los Angeles, California, with horse-drawn wagons on the street. The three-story Italianate Temple Block building can be seen at center right, as well as signs for a bookstore and a sign that appears to read "Dollar Store" in the left foreground. Small toy carts and a baby carriage appear to be visible in the foreground.

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Dedication of Sunset Blvd., Pacific Palisades

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Image of automobiles parked along a street with a crowd surrounding a construction site and steam shovel during the dedication of Beverly Boulevard (now Sunset Boulevard) in Pacific Palisades, California.

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Panorama of Pacific Palisades

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