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Jackson Street, Los Angeles

Description: Image looking down Jackson Street from near the intersection with San Pedro Street (previously Wilmington Street until ca. 1902) in downtown Los Angeles, California, with commercial storefronts and residences. A horse-drawn carriage and bicycle are in the distance and telephone poles can be seen throughout; advertisements for Shea, Bocqueraz Co. liquor and Wieland's Beer can be seen on the wall at right of image.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1902-1908
Call number: photCL_555_06_01
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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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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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Oil wells and residences on Alvarado Street, Los Angeles

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Image of an intersection at Alvarado Street and Ocean View Avenue (street names visible on corner sign) in the Westlake Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, with a Mission Revival house on the corner and oil wells in the background. Street railroad tracks can be seen in the dirt road. There are sprinklers and a man with a hose watering the lawn on the corner.

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Angels Flight and Third Street Tunnel, Los Angeles, California

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View of the Angels Flight incline railway, as seen from the intersection of Hill Street and Third Street in the Bunker Hill neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles, California, with the Royal Liquor store (with campaign signs for Robert Steinberg and Robert Wilkinson for mayor in the window), pedestrians, and the Third Street Tunnel visible; the Union Bank building can be seen in the distance.

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New Rosslyn Hotels, Los Angeles

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Image looking across South Main Street towards the new Rosslyn Hotel (112 West Fifth Street), also known as the hotel annex, and the original Rosslyn Hotel (100 West Fifth Street), across the intersection of Fifth Street and Main Street in downtown Los Angeles, California. Automobiles, a street light, and a traffic signal can be seen along with various storefront signs on Fifth Street which read "Rhapsody," "Avon," and "Airline Bus Depot."

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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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