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1st Street looking east from Flower Street

Description: South side of 1st Street
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 5/15/57
Call number: photCL 486
Creator: Conner, Palmer(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Gina Dunseth, 2004.
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West 1st Street from Flower Street to Hope Street

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Apartments along the south side of West 1st Street. The area at left and in the background across Hope Street from the Lima Apartments has been cleared. At the intersection, there is a fire alarm box mounted to the utility pole next to the fire hydrant.

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1st Street looking west from Broadway

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Entire square block encompassed by Broadway, 1st Street, Hill Street, and 2nd Street, being demolished. Arched entrance and side wall of former Los Angeles Police Department's Central Police Station still stand for the moment along 1st Street.

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Rear of building on 1st Street

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J. & B. Wilson block structure on south side of 1st Street. Separate trucks loaded full of bricks or wood from the demolition. Ad for Maier & Zobelein Brewery's Pilsener beer on side of building. Los Angeles City Health Building on the right.

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1st and Los Angeles Streets

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Los Angeles Transit Lines' Type P streetcars of the P line traveling east on 1st Street. The first one is a P-2 model and behind it is a P-3 with small standee windows noticeable above the side windows. Life magazine billboard on side of the old Wilson Block building, 110-120 East 1st Street. Los Angeles Times Building in background.

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Bunker Hill from Clay Street between 2nd and 3rd Streets, looking west

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Rear view of a Bunker Hill slum, 224 South Olive Street. From the Olive Street side, two stories could be seen, but five stories are visible in the rear.

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1st Street and Broadway

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Southeast corner of the 1st Street and Broadway intersection. Bancroft-Whitney Company, publisher of law books, has a place on the 1st Street side. Ogee's restaurant at the corner with Mexico City Cafe to the right. Los Angeles Transit Lines' Line 6 bus going north on Broadway. 1949-50 Ford wagon leaving the intersection at left. Los Angeles Times building complex in surrounding background.

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1st Street looking east from Flower Street

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