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Auditorium Building at West Fifth Street and Olive Street, Los Angeles

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Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1909-1910
Call number: photCL_555_01_04

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

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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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Construction of Hazard's Pavilion, at 5th and Olive streets, Los Angeles, California

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View of the wooden frame of Hazard's Pavilion surrounded by lumber during the construction of the auditorium on 5th Street at the corner of Oliver Street in Los Angeles, California. Streetcar tracks are visible in the dirt street, and the wooden fence at the corner has signs with visible words including "Evans and Co.," "MacConnell," "Eagleson and Co." and "Fowler."

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Bunker Hill buildings being wrecked at 1st and Olive Streets

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Seymour Apartments at the corner, fourth and fifth buildings are the Nolen Apartments, 510 West 1st Street, and Beverly Hotel, 512 West 1st Street, respectively.

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Buildings at corner of Alpine Street, Los Angeles

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Image of the corner of Alpine Street in Los Angeles, California, with the Dan Gibson Horse Shoeing & Wagon Shop at center, with a sign for "Spana Cuba, A Quality 5₵ Cigar, Yocum Bros.," and a sign for tailor Willis H. Routzahn (spelled "W.H. Routzhan" on the sign) at left. Street car tracks and telephone poles are visible in the image. A small sign labeled "Alpine Street" can be seen on the edge of the roof line of the building at right.

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Memorial Auditorium, Hollywood High School, Hollywood, Cal

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Street view of the Memorial Auditorium at Hollywood High School, located at the corner of Highland Avenue and Hawthorne Avenue in Hollywood, California, with a "Barker Bros. Hollywood" sign and the El Capitan sign tower visible at right.

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View looking west on Market Street, Los Angeles, California

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Image of a view looking west down East Market Street (previously Requena Street) in Los Angeles, California, towards North Main Street. A storefront sign for the shop of Hayer & Bevan carriage painters at 237 E. Market St. is visible at right and the tower and roof of the old Los Angeles County Courthouse is visible on the hill in the distance.

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Auditorium Building at West Fifth Street and Olive Street, Los Angeles

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