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    [Spring Street, Los Angeles.]

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    This collection contains 430 albumen photographs by photographer Carleton E. Watkins that chiefly depict buildings, points of interest, and locales in Northern and Southern California in the 1870s and 1880s, as well as 223 card photographs by photographer Alfred A. Hart documenting the construction of the western half of the transcontinental railroad by the Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR) in the 1860s, which were later published by Watkins under his own imprint. Images by Watkins depict locations in Arizona and California including: Lake Tahoe, Los Angeles, the Mammoth Tree Grove, Paso Robles, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Gabriel, San Luis Obispo, San Pedro, Santa Monica, Soda Springs, Wilmington, and Yosemite, as well as views related to the Southern Pacific Railroad and of the Colorado River. There are a few images of Native Americans in Arizona and California, and several images related to trains and railroads. The photographs have been removed from the original album, which is a large leather album with brass bindings (Box 10). There are some handwritten identifications in the album pages, most likely written after if was received by the Library.

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    Spring Street, Los Angeles

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    Imprint/Negative #: 177

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    [Looking north up Spring Street toward County Courthouse. Los Angeles.]

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    This collection contains 430 albumen photographs by photographer Carleton E. Watkins that chiefly depict buildings, points of interest, and locales in Northern and Southern California in the 1870s and 1880s, as well as 223 card photographs by photographer Alfred A. Hart documenting the construction of the western half of the transcontinental railroad by the Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR) in the 1860s, which were later published by Watkins under his own imprint. Images by Watkins depict locations in Arizona and California including: Lake Tahoe, Los Angeles, the Mammoth Tree Grove, Paso Robles, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Gabriel, San Luis Obispo, San Pedro, Santa Monica, Soda Springs, Wilmington, and Yosemite, as well as views related to the Southern Pacific Railroad and of the Colorado River. There are a few images of Native Americans in Arizona and California, and several images related to trains and railroads. The photographs have been removed from the original album, which is a large leather album with brass bindings (Box 10). There are some handwritten identifications in the album pages, most likely written after if was received by the Library.

    photCL 74

  • Spring Street School, Los Angeles

    Spring Street School, Los Angeles

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    View of the Spring Street elementary school in the 500 block of South Spring Street between Fifth Street and Sixth Street in downtown Los Angeles, California, with a picket fence and sign on the building reading "Public School 1884."

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    North Spring Street, Los Angeles

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    This collection consists of 53 circular snapshots depicting scenes of popular Southern California tourist destinations including the Andrew McNally residence and grounds on Mariposa Drive, Altadena. Other views include Pasadena streets scenes and the Raymond Hotel; Los Angeles (Chinatown, Courthouse, Plaza Church, street railway); San Diego (Hotel del Coronado); and an ostrich farm. The photographs are pasted to 14 disbound pages of an amateur album possibly taken by a relative of the McNally family.

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    Street view in Los Angeles

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    Watkins New Series #4365

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