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Los Angeles from a balloon, Los Angeles. 1902

Description: A panoramic view of Los Angeles taken from a hot air balloon. The area pictured is largely residential, with few vacant lots. The area above the horizon has been blotted out, but the ropes of the balloon are visible across the top of the image. A note written in white in the bottom left corner reads "Pierce 8003".
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1902
Call number: photCL 470 (002)
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Los Angeles, from San Gabriel Road

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Landscape view from above of open land and few scattered residences and orchards in the San Gabriel Valley, California. The more populous Los Angeles area visible on the horizon.

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Image of an aerial view of the buildings for the United States Centennial Exposition held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1876 with captions, including the Main Exhibition Building, Machinery Building, Printing Presses, Horticultural Hall, and U.S. Government Exhibition Building; a hot air balloon is visible at top right; Delaware and Schuylkill rivers visible along top edge; city of Pennsylvania in the distance.

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Balloon brand packed by the Hanford Raisin & Dried Fruit Packing Co. Hanford, Cal

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Image of a Balloon Brand raisin label from the Hanford Raisin & Dried Fruit Packing Company of Hanford, California; a bunch of grapes stands in for helium balloons lifting a hot air balloon basket filled with people over a river landscape with sail boats and steamboats visible below.

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Baldwin and Hudson's mammoth captive balloon, Chutes Park, Los Angeles, Cal., season

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Photograph of an elevated view looking down on a hot-air balloon surrounded by a large crowd at Chutes Park in Los Angeles, California.

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3rd and Hill, Los Angeles. 1902

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A slightly elevated panoramic view of Los Angeles from 3rd and Hill. There are houses in the immediate foreground, then a large number of multistory buildings for offices and businesses. The steel frames of two tall buildings under construction are visible on the right. There are cable cars on the street in the middle of the image, as well as horse drawn carriages. A note written in white in the bottom left corner reads "Pierce 8008".

photCL 470 (004)

Los Angeles from a balloon, Los Angeles. 1902

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