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The old home of Postmaster Geo. J. Clarke on Fourth St., Los Angeles, Calif

Description: View of several houses and laundry hanging on a clothesline in the vicinity of Fourth Street in downtown Los Angeles, California, with a child playing next to a pile of wood scraps. Identified as the former home of postmaster George J. Clarke (unclear which building). Clarke was identified in the 1875 Los Angeles City Directory as living on Fort Street (now South Broadway) near Fourth Street.
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Date: approximately 1890-1908
Call number: photCL_555_06_46
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Home of Postmaster Geo. A. Clark [i.e. George J. Clarke] on Main St

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View of a house behind a picket fence on Main Street in Los Angeles, California, identified as the home of postmaster George J. Clarke (correct spelling), who was listed at 1818 South Main Street in the 1884 Los Angeles City Directory.

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Los Angeles, No. 7

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Elevated view of downtown Los Angeles, California, focused on the Spring Street face of the three-story Italianate Temple Block building at the intersection of Main Street and Spring Street; in the background a two-story building, the Lanfranco building, with the sign "El Dorado Store" is visible (listed at 76 Main Street in an 1873 advertisement in the Los Angeles Herald). 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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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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St. Angelo, built in 1887

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Apartment hotel on Grand Avenue, south of Temple Street. Laundry hang dries on the third floor and a person sits outside on the fourth.

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The Old Nadeau home, 5th and Olive Sts

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View of a small house, with a walkway surrounded by foliage leading to the front door. Identified as the former home of "Nadeau" at 5th Street and Olive Street, Los Angeles.

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Back of the H. T. Hazard home, Hope St., Los Angeles

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View of the back of the house identified as the former home of Henry T. Hazard (George Hazard's brother and a mayor of Los Angeles), at 2826 South Hope Street, with cupola and french doors leading to an enclosed porch. Plants in the yard are in view.

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The old home of Postmaster Geo. J. Clarke on Fourth St., Los Angeles, Calif

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