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Los Angeles in 1873, from Ninth and Main Streets



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    A view of Main Street with the Post Office and the Rosslyn Hotel.

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    Los Angeles from the south

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    View looking north at the city of Los Angeles, California, identified as being at Main Street and Ninth Street, with a house, dirt road, and picket fence in the foreground. St. Vincent's College can be seen at left and the tower of the old Los Angeles County Courthouse is visible in the background at center.

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    Main St. Los Angeles looking north from near 2nd Street

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    View looking north on Main Street in downtown Los Angeles, California, with a streetcar and horse-drawn wagons and carriages, and visible storefront signs including "American Bakery" (at the northwest corner of First Street and Main) and "Klein Bros. Clothing."

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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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  • Junction of Main Street and Spring Street, Los Angeles

    Junction of Main Street and Spring Street, Los Angeles

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    Elevated view of the three-story Italianate Temple Block building with streetcar and horse-drawn carriages in front, at the intersection of Main Street and Spring Street in downtown Los Angeles, California. The clock tower of the old Los Angeles County Courthouse can be seen directly behind the Temple Block building and the four-story Nadeau Hotel building at Spring and First Street can be seen under construction at upper right. With visible signs on the Temple building for "Jacoby Bro's Clothing House" and "County Bank." A sign for "Books" can be seen on the Downey Block building at lower right of image; "California Confectionary and Candy Works" and "Restaurant" can be seen on a building on Main Street in the background at left; and signs for "H. Jevne" and "City Wholesale Dry Goods, Clothing ..." can be seen on building on Spring Street at right.

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  • Junction of Main and Spring Streets, Los Angeles, Cal

    Junction of Main and Spring Streets, Los Angeles, Cal

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    Street view in Los Angeles with pedestrians, horse drawn carriages, and streetcars. The building in the center houses the Cohn Brothers Clothing House, County Bank, Main Street Savings Bank and two law offices. The building to the right houses the A. Zellerbach & Sons Wholesale Stationers and Paper Dealers.

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