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Los Angeles, No. 12

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Description
Elevated view looking southwest from Poundcake Hill towards Fort Street (now South Broadway) in downtown Los Angeles, California. A two-story brick building (visible at center left) sits on the southwest corner of Fort Street, at the intersection with First Street. Hill Street is parallel to Fort Street partway up the hillside, passing in front of the houses at upper middle left.
Type
Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date
approximately 1878-1880
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.
Associated people
Allen, D. C. (1887-1966,)
Bailey, Chas. Z. (1819-1903,)
Bartlett, Adelbert, (1843-1916,)
Bierstadt, Charles, (1873-1945,)
Blanchard, James B., (approximately 1842-1902,)
Bonine, Elias A., (1825-1900,)
Bonine, R. (1879-1963,)
Brewster, John Calvin, (1853-1921,)
Brigandi, Philip, (1842-1914,)
Clarke, William M., (1827-1903,)
Davis, James M., (1829-1915,)
Ellis, Lemuel S., (1850 or 1851-1937,)
Fletcher, W. H. (1843-1942,)
Frese, Adolf, (1833-1903,)
Godfrey, W. M. (1827-1909,)
Haley, George W., (-1888,)
Haynes, F. Jay (1830-1904,)
Hazard, George Washington, (1834-1910,)
Hazeltine, M. M. (approximately 1845-)
Houseworth, Thomas, (1861-1946,)
Jackson, B. D., (1838-1894,)
Jackson, William Henry, (1860-1949,)
Johnson, C. W. J. (1861-)
Kilburn, B. W. (1830-1912,)
Morrison, E. G., (active 1883-1884,)
Muybridge, Eadweard, (1839-1915,)
Parker, F. (Francis), (1861-1927,)
Parker, Joseph C. (1829-1916,)
Payne, H. T., (1879-1932,)
Pierce, C. C. (1844-)
Pierce, Edward W.,
Plunkett, Bob,
Putnam, J. R.,
Rea, William J.,
Reilly, John James,
Rieder, M.,
Rile, H. F.,
Schumacher, Frank G.,
Stanton, Thomas E.,
Taber, I. W.
Tuttle, W. N.,
Tyler, O. E.,
Varela, A. C.
Waite, C. B.
Watkins, Carleton E.,
Weaver, M. F.
Wesner, H. B.,
Westervelt, James D.,
Withey, Henry F.,
Associated organizations
California Art Foto Company,
Charles Beseler Co.,
Continent Stereoscopic Company,
E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm),
Ellis & Son (Los Angeles, Calif.),
F. H. Rogers & Co.,
Garden City Photo Co.,
Graham Photo Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.),
Griffith & Griffith,
H.C. White Co.,
Hayward & Muzzall,
Jarvis (Firm : Pasadena, Calif.),
Kelley & Chadwick,
Keystone View Company,
Payne, Stanton & Co.,
Powell Press Service,
Putnam & Valentine,
Spence Air Photos (Firm),
Strohmeyer & Wyman,
Underwood & Underwood,
Universal Photo Art Co.,
Webster & Albee,
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