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Arcadia Block, Los Angeles, California

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Description: View of a horse-drawn wagon carrying straw baskets on North Los Angeles Street in front of the Arcadia Block building on the southwest corner of Arcadia Street in downtown Los Angeles, California, with visible sign for the Lloyd-Scovel Iron Company at 319 N. Los Angeles, and the partially obscured sign, at left, for the Harrison & Dickson broom and basket manufacturing factory at 317 N. Los Angeles.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1900
Call number: photCL_555_01_77
Find out more: View in the Huntington Digital Library

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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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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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 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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Part of Los Angeles city

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Elevated view looking down North Main Street in downtown Los Angeles, California, with horse-drawn trolleys, wagons, and carriages, in the dirt street. The Baker Block building with tower (at the corner of Main Street and Arcadia Street) is at center right, a part of the three-story Ducommon Building (at the corner of Main Street and Commercial Street) can be seen at far right). A sign for "Furniture, Carpets, Wall Paper," can be seen in the distance. A 150-foot tall electric street light, which was installed in 1882, can be seen at center right.

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Arcadia Block, Los Angeles, California

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