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East 1st Street and Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles

Description: Image of the corner of East 1st Street and Los Angeles Street in downtown Los Angeles, California, with a streetcar on an Angelino Heights route visible on 1st St., at left. Visible building signs including: "New England Hand Laundry," "California's Best Beer. Wieland's Extra Pale Lager," "Kennedy & Adair Employment Agency" (partially covering a "'Chicago ... Counter" sign), "Advance Machine Co.," and "Blake, Moffitt & Towne."
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1905
Call number: photCL_555_06_22
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1st and Los Angeles Streets

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Los Angeles Transit Lines' Type P streetcars of the P line traveling east on 1st Street. The first one is a P-2 model and behind it is a P-3 with small standee windows noticeable above the side windows. Life magazine billboard on side of the old Wilson Block building, 110-120 East 1st Street. Los Angeles Times Building in background.

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Jackson Street, Los Angeles

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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.

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Civic Center along North Hill Street, Los Angeles

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Open skyline between construction of Los Angeles courthouse at 111 North Hill Street and 1st Street on the left and Hall of Justice visible in the right background.

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Temple Street Cable Railway, Los Angeles

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Passengers on streetcars of the Temple Street Cable Railway, which says "Spring, Temple & City Limits" across top and "Temple St. Cable Ry." across the bottom, near downtown Los Angeles, California. The car is stopped in front of the powerhouse for the Temple Street Cable Railway located at the northwest corner of Temple Street and East Edgeware Road in Angelino Heights.

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Panorama of Los Angeles, section 4

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Elevated view of downtown Los Angeles, California, as seen looking east from Poundcake Hill and focused on the multi-story commercial buildings on the block of Spring Street between the intersection of Spring and Main Street (not visible, at left) to Market Street (not visible, at right), including the three-story Italianate Temple Block building located at the intersection of Main Street and Spring Street and the Louis Lewin & Co. storefront, with partially visible sign near center (14 Spring Street). New High Street is visible in the foreground with houses including a yard with laundry drying on a clothesline in a yard behind a fence in the foreground has handwritten signs "Fishing tackle of Liddle & Kaeding 538 Wash. St., SF" and "Dr. J.C. Young Cures All Chronic Diseases 618 Sac St. S.F."

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1st Street looking east from Flower Street

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South side of 1st Street

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East 1st Street and Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles

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