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Hill Street block from 2nd to 1st Streets, just bought by County

Description: Moore Cliff Hotel, 121 South Hill Street, above the beer billboard for Arizona Brewing Company's A-1 beer. Further up the street, new courthouse under construction at 1st Street.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1/1/57
Call number: photCL 486
Creator: Conner, Palmer(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Gina Dunseth, 2004.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

1st Street west of Hill Street

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Texaco service station with the El Moro Hotel above it. Further up 1st Street is the Hotel Gladden. Far right area is the site for the new Los Angeles County Courthouse.

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Olive Street from 2nd Street to 1st Street, just bought by the County

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This collection consists of 35mm Kodachrome slides taken between 1954 and 1972. This collection of photographs taken by amateur photographer Palmer Conner documents by street the physical and social changes of Bunker Hill during the earliest stages of redevelopment. The collection is particularly strong in its depiction of the Bunker Hill neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles during redevelopment in the 1950s. Images chiefly consist of views of commercial and residential building exteriors taken from the street, including images of both new construction and older buildings in the process of being demolished.

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Hill Street's old walls and the courthouse

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Old retaining walls and stairs that used to lead up to the Moore Cliff Hotel apartment building, 121 South Hill Street, on Bunker Hill. Los Angeles Superior Courthouse lies across the street at 1st Street. 1958 Plymouth Savoy taxi with the Yellow Cab Company nearing intersection has tail fins and yellow wheels.

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Olive Street between 2nd and 1st Streets

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Seymour Apartments, 502 West 1st Street, with courthouse construction behind it. Rooms to rent building, 115 South Olive Street, at far left already demolished.

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Olive Street between 1st and 2nd Streets

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Rooms to rent housing structure at 115 South Olive Street demolished, where the 1956 Chevrolet 210 is parked in the driveway. Courthouse construction at upper right background. 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air at right.

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5th and Main Streets

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The former Poinsettia Hotel, 107 East 5th Street, is having one story removed and being modernized for stores. Larger building further down the street is the Hotel King Edward, 121 East 5th Street.

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Hill Street block from 2nd to 1st Streets, just bought by County

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