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From Bellevue Ave. looking south

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Description: View of early Los Angeles, California, from Fort Moore Hill (also known as Fort Hill), looking north, showing Bellevue Avenue (later Sunset Boulevard) in foreground and the large J. W. Robinson mansion at center, on the street just north of Sunset Boulevard. Part of the Plaza section of Los Angeles (also called Sonora Town) can be seen down the hill at right.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1886-1890
Call number: photCL_555_01_217
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Sonora, Los Angeles

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Elevated view of the Plaza district of Los Angeles (also known as Sonora Town) as seen from Fort Hill (also known as Fort Moore Hill), looking north with Buena Vista Street (now North Broadway) at right, and Bellevue Avenue (later Sunset Boulevard and now Cesar E. Chavez Avenue), the first intersecting road below.

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Sonora, Los Angeles

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View of the Plaza district of Los Angeles (also known as Sonora Town) as seen from Fort Hill (also known as Fort Moore Hill), looking north with Buena Vista Street (now North Broadway) at right, and Bellevue Avenue (later Sunset Boulevard and now Cesar E. Chavez Avenue), the first intersecting road below.

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View of Los Angeles from Fort Hill

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View of the Plaza section of Los Angeles (also called Sonora Town) from below Fort Hill (also known as Fort Moore Hill), looking north down Buena Vista Street (now North Broadway), with a row of children standing in the dirt road and Bellevue Avenue (later Sunset Boulevard and now Cesar E. Chavez Avenue) intersecting from left to right behind them.

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From Hill, Los Angeles

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Elevated view looking northeast from Fort Moore Hill (also known as Fort Hill) over part of downtown Los Angeles including the Plaza neighborhood known as "Sonora Town" in the foreground, with Buena Vista Street (now North Broadway) partially visible in the foreground, with a two-story house on it near the intersection of Bellevue Avenue (later Sunset Boulevard and now Cesar E. Chavez Avenue).

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Bellevue Terrace looking South

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A view of Bellevue Terrace Hotel on the corner of Figueroa and 6th Streets, Los Angeles, looking south. There is a little boy sitting near the steps leading into the hotel entrance.

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Part of Los Angeles looking south-east from Fort Hill

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Viewing looking southeast from Fort Moore Hill (also called Fort Hill) in downtown Los Angeles, California, with the Baker Building (with towers) on Main Street at the intersection with Arcadia Street visible in the foreground.

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From Bellevue Ave. looking south

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