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North San Pedro Street, Los Angeles

Description: View of North San Pedro Street in downtown Los Angeles, from about the intersection with Commercial Street, with a policeman standing on the left. At right are signs for the Union Hardware and Metal Company (located at 214-216 North Los Angeles Street in the 1905 Los Angeles City Directory); an automobile, with no front windshield, is on the street in the distance. Additional visible signs read: "Importers and dealers in Cumberland Coal," "Whiskey," and "Japanese [?] House. Furnished Rooms."
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1900-1905
Call number: photCL_555_06_15
Find out more: View in the Huntington Digital Library(Opens in new tab); View in the Library catalog

North San Pedro Street, Los Angeles

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View looking down North San Pedro Street (previously Wilmington Street until ca. 1902) from near the intersection of First Street in Los Angeles, California. On the right are signs for "Neil Finkelstein, Junk Dealer" (listed at 114 N. San Pedro Street in the 1905 Los Angeles City Directory), Larson's House (May C. Larson was listed under furnished rooms at 124 N. San Pedro in the 1902 directory), and "Fruits and Groceries." A building on the left has a sign that says "Wilmington House" (a boarding house at 125 North San Pedro in the 1902 directory).

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North San Pedro Street, Los Angeles

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View looking down North San Pedro Street (previously Wilmington Street until ca. 1902) towards First Street in downtown Los Angeles, California. A sign for Jackson Street can be seen on the right, near where a man is walking down the street. On the right is a large brick building with a sign for "The Hub," which was a saloon and boarding house located at 125 N. San Pedro Street. A street car can be seen in the background.

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Building on 200 block of North Los Angeles Street

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Image of buildings in the 200 block of North Los Angeles Street in Los Angeles, California, with storefront signs for "The Bouquet" saloon at 234 North Los Angeles, "Valvoline Oil Co." at 232 N. Los Angeles, and the "Pacific Crockery and Tinware Co." at 226 N. Los Angeles St. With streetcar tracks in the dirt road in foreground.

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North Los Angeles Street, Old Chinatown, Los Angeles

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View of a row of two-story buildings with balconies in the 500 block of North Los Angeles Street in Old Chinatown, Los Angeles, with signs for "Fook Wo Lung Curio Co." and "Chew Fun & Co. Chinese Herbs" visible and an automobile parked at the street curb. The Hop Sing Tong Society headquarters was located at 520 1/2 N. Los Angeles Street. The buildings face the Los Angeles Plaza (not pictured) and the central building (with three dormer windows) was built for Don Vicente Lugo and known as the Lugo Adobe.

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Main St. Los Angeles looking north from near 2nd Street

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View looking north on Main Street in downtown Los Angeles, California, with a streetcar and horse-drawn wagons and carriages, and visible storefront signs including "American Bakery" (at the northwest corner of First Street and Main) and "Klein Bros. Clothing."

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Exchange Stables, 225 South San Pedro Street, Los Angeles

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View of the front of a building with sign "Exchange Stables" at 225 South San Pedro Street in Los Angeles, California. The number "225" can be seen on the building and the building to the left has signs for "Blacksmith and wagon work, horse shoeing." See related images photCL_555_06_319 and photCL_555_06_320.

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North San Pedro Street, Los Angeles

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