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

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Description: 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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Date: approximately 1880s
Call number: photCL 555

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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Fort Hill, Los Angeles

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View looking northwest towards Fort Moore Hill (also known as Fort Hill) in downtown Los Angeles, California, with the Downey Block building on Main Street in the foreground with the partially obscured sign "Crystal Palace Crockery, China Ware" and a sign in the window "J.W. Stump Law Office." The First Congregational Church is visible on New High Street with the Kimball Mansion directly to its right.

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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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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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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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Part of Los Angeles from 3rd. St. hill

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Bird's-eye-view of Los Angeles from Third Street and Hill Street. Some buildings in this view are: the Methodist Church; Congregation B'nai B'rith Synagogue (at center) on the east side of Fort Street (now Broadway), between Second and Third streets; the Cathedral of St. Vibiana (at right in background) located on Main Street, just south of Second Street.

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

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