Los Angeles from Graphic Arts Building, 417 East Pico. February 10, 1925

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  Pico and La Cienega, Los Angeles. August 13, 1933

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  Atlantic and Beverly, facing east and south, East Los Angeles. January 29, 1946

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  Westwood Village, Westwood, Los Angeles. 1931

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  Westwood Village, Westwood, Los Angeles. 1933

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  U.S. Navy fleet, Los Angeles Harbor, Los Angeles. 1925

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  Wilshire and Westwood, Westwood Village, Westwood, Los Angeles. April 12, 1934

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