Chinatown & Orange Grove, Los Angeles, Cal

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  Chinatown, Los Angeles

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  Elevated view of one-story and two-story adobe buildings in the Old Chinatown neighborhood in downtown Los Angeles, California, with horse-drawn wagons in the dirt courtyard. Presumably the buildings were located near or in the Calle de los Negros (also known as "Nigger Alley").

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  Spring st. no. Los Angeles, Cal

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  Elevated view looking south down on Spring Street in downtown Los Angeles, California, with the intersection of First Street in the foreground, with pedestrians, horse-drawn carriages, cable cars and tracks, and a bicycle. With the four-story Nadeau Hotel visible in the foreground at right on the southwest corner; the Wilson Block building with cupola is visible on the southeast corner. A sign for "L.W. Godin Shoes" (located at 137 South Spring Street in the 1898 Los Angeles City Directory) and "Stoll-Thayer Co. Books and Stationery" (located at 139 South Spring Street in the 1898 Los Angeles directory).

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  Los Angeles, No. 9

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  Elevated view looking southeast over houses, back yards, and stores in downtown Los Angeles, California, with the Los Angeles and Independence Railroad depot (with two towers at San Pedro Street and Fourth Street) visible at far right in the distance and the tower of the Woodworth House at Second Street and San Pedro visible at middle left. Visible signs include "[?" R. Cameron," "Marble Works" (presumably in the 100 block of Main Street), and "Furniture."

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  Chinese Quarter, Los Angeles

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  Elevated view of the dirt road, horse-drawn wagons, and storefronts along the Calle de los Negros (also known as "Nigger Alley") in Old Chinatown in Los Angeles, California, with a sign for "J. Kennedy" in the shape of a horseshoe at right.

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  La Plaza, Los Angeles

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  Elevated view from Fort Moore Hill (also known as Fort Hill) looking east towards the Los Angeles Plaza, with the three-story Pico House, at right, and the bell tower of the Plaza Church, at left, among the visible buildings.

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  Chinatown and Orange Grove, Los Angeles

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  This is a collection primarily of negatives and photographic prints depicting the growth of Santa Monica and Los Angeles, California, from 1860s to 1980s. Many views are cityscapes or street views, showing buildings, storefronts, homes and roads, and documenting the use of railroads, trolleys, streetcars, and automobiles. There are many card photographs by early professional photographers, and also a number of snapshots made by amateurs, some in personal photo albums. The collection's scope also includes early views of many other communities in Southern California (and a few in other states); the beginnings of aviation in Santa Monica, including the first Douglas Aircraft Company buildings; a photo album of residents in Topanga Canyon, ca. 1913; automobile racing in Los Angeles and Santa Monica, 1920s; maritime views; a photo album of U.S. troops in France during World War I; a 1949 real estate development in Apple Valley, California, and others. Besides photographs, a portion of the collection consists of scarce publications and historical ephemera, primarily related to Santa Monica and Los Angeles, including brochures, advertising cards, menus, event programs and other materials. Highlights of the Santa Monica images are aerial views of the buildings along the coast and pier (1920s); several views of the Arcadia Hotel (1880s); the Long Wharf and adjoining railroad and train depot; the first bath houses on the beach; the beach club culture of the 1920s and 1930s; the amusement piers of Santa Monica, Ocean Park and Venice; and the beginnings of the Douglas Aircraft Company. There is a large set of promotional photographs made late 1920s-1930s by Powell Press Service depicting people enjoying Santa Monica's beaches, clubs and outdoor recreation. An important subset within the collection is 407 negatives made ca. 1890 - 1908 by Los Angeles historian and amateur photographer George W. Hazard (1842-1914). Hazard travelled around Los Angeles and vicinity photographing the adobes, houses, streets and storefronts that told the early history of the city. Many of Hazard's negatives have handwritten identifications, naming streets, former homeowners, ranchos, and other historical details. There are a large number of cabinet cards and other card-mounted prints and stereographs. There are 1,264 stereograph prints, highlighted by the works of photographic pioneers William M. Godfrey, Francis Parker, Hayward & Muzzall, and Carleton Watkins. Other formats represented are: glass and film negatives; panoramic prints; 7 photograph albums, photographic postcards, 20th-century color prints and transparencies; and a small number of tintypes, cyanotypes and a set of chromolithographs.