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View of north Ventura, Ca

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Description: Landscape view of the northern section of Ventura, California, as seen from the hills around Grant Park, looking out over buildings, streets, with North Ventura Avenue running parallel in the foreground, mountains, and the Pacific Ocean at left.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1930s
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.

Panoramic view of business district of San Fernando, California

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View of business district of city of San Fernando, California, showing streets, businesses, pedestrians, hills in background. Some businesses seen in view are: Montgomery Ward, Western Auto Supply Co.; Western Union; Whelan Drugs; Scotts. A Southern Pacific railroad station is at center, in distance. A street sign in foreground identifies San Fernando Road as the main street in view, running horizontally.

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View from the Raymond, Pasadena, Cal. U.S.A

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Elevated view looking northwest over Pasadena, California, from the Raymond Hotel, with the dirt road of Fair Oaks Avenue running through the center and surrounded by fields.

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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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Los Angeles from the south

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View looking north at the city of Los Angeles, California, identified as being at Main Street and Ninth Street, with a house, dirt road, and picket fence in the foreground. St. Vincent's College can be seen at left and the tower of the old Los Angeles County Courthouse is visible in the background at center.

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View from the Santa Monica Depot, Los Angeles

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View looking north up San Pedro Street from a tower of the Los Angeles and Independence Railroad depot at San Pedro and Fourth Street in downtown Los Angeles, California. The tower of the old Los Angeles County Courthouse can be seen in the background at left center and the tower of the Woodworth House at Second Street and San Pedro can be seen at right.

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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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View of north Ventura, Ca

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