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Law enforcement officers on South Main Street, Los Angeles



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  • Main Street, Los Angeles, Cal

    Main Street, Los Angeles, Cal

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    Street view looking north on Main Street in downtown Los Angeles, California, as seen presumably from about the intersection with Requena Street (later Market Street) with the three-story Italianate Temple Block building visible in the background at center left next to two buildings of decreasing height that were also part of the Temple Block, with the two-story building at closest left housing the Wells Fargo & Co. Express office. At right, storefront signs can be seen including a sculpture of a boot with the sign "Boots & Shoes" and an obscured sign including the letters "ne Haba." With a horse-drawn wagon, wooden sidewalk, and dirt road visible.

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  • South Main Street building demolition near 2nd Street

    South Main Street building demolition near 2nd Street

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    137-139 South Main Street brick building being demolished. Los Angeles Times Building visible to the right.

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  • Junction of Main Street and Spring Street, Los Angeles

    Junction of Main Street and Spring Street, Los Angeles

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    Elevated view of the three-story Italianate Temple Block building with streetcar and horse-drawn carriages in front, at the intersection of Main Street and Spring Street in downtown Los Angeles, California. The clock tower of the old Los Angeles County Courthouse can be seen directly behind the Temple Block building and the four-story Nadeau Hotel building at Spring and First Street can be seen under construction at upper right. With visible signs on the Temple building for "Jacoby Bro's Clothing House" and "County Bank." A sign for "Books" can be seen on the Downey Block building at lower right of image; "California Confectionary and Candy Works" and "Restaurant" can be seen on a building on Main Street in the background at left; and signs for "H. Jevne" and "City Wholesale Dry Goods, Clothing ..." can be seen on building on Spring Street at right.

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  • Auditorium Building at West Fifth Street and Olive Street, Los Angeles

    Auditorium Building at West Fifth Street and Olive Street, Los Angeles

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    Elevated view looking at the corner of West Fifth Street and Olive Street in downtown Los Angeles, California, and focused on Clune's Auditorium Building, later renamed the Philharmonic Auditorium (427 West Fifth Street), with Henry J. Martin's Auditorium Pharmacy storefront (435 West 5th) at the corner, and the California Club building (451 South Hill Street) visible to the right of the Auditorium; with Central Park (later renamed Pershing Square) at right across the street, and an electric streetcar and automobiles visible.

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  • Parade on a street in downtown Los Angeles

    Parade on a street in downtown Los Angeles

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    View of a procession led by police or soldiers in uniforms with rifles on a downtown street in Los Angeles, California, with crowds watching, and stopped automobiles and streetcars; photographers can be seen at lower right. Visible signs include advertisements for Catalina Island, Rainier Lime Rickey, the Hollywood Bowl, and Hotel Morris.

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  • West Second Street and South Olive Street, Bunker Hill, Los Angeles, Cal

    West Second Street and South Olive Street, Bunker Hill, Los Angeles, Cal

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    View of houses on Second Street (in the foreground) and Olive Street (running perpendicular at upper right) in the Bunker Hill neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles, California. Visible residences on Second Street include the matching one-story houses in the foreground: 426 West Second Street (with horse and wagon to its left) and, at right, 428 West Second Street (208 South Olive Street is visible directly next to 428 West Second). Visible residences on Olive Street include: 227 South Olive Street on the hill at far upper right with 235 South Olive Street directly to the left; across the street, towards center is 226 South Olive Street and the duplex behind it (with balconies running the length of both stories) is 230/232 South Olive Street.

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