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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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View of a building made of brick with four large windows and a covered entrance on North Alameda Street, Los Angeles. There is a fence surrounding the building. Train tracks run alongside the fence and a variety of trees are both outside and inside the fence.
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View of two-story attached brick buildings and automobiles on Apablasa Street in Old Chinatown, Los Angeles. The building at left has decorative finishes and awning and reads Chee Kung Tong Co. 1900. Building at right has laundry hanging on balcony.
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View of two-story attached brick buildings on Apablasa Street in Old Chinatown, Los Angeles. There is laundry hung outside one building and two children on the sidewalk. A sign with Chinese characters hangs on one balcony.
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View of a dirt lot and an alley with a brick building and some wooden sheds west of Cayetano Street and north of Apablasa Street in Old Chinatown, Los Angeles. A truck is parked in the foreground and laundry is hung in front of the brick building.
photCL 502 (48)
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View of street corner with two-story brick buildings on Apablasa Street at the corner of Juan Street in Old Chinatown, Los Angeles.
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This collection contains 131 black-and-white photographs (including some duplicates) of views of building exteriors and streets scenes in Old Chinatown and neighboring residential and industrial areas of downtown Los Angeles, California, that were taken prior to the demolition of the area beginning on December 23, 1933, to make way for the Los Angeles Union Station railroad terminal. The photographs consist of eye-level street views focused on the area of downtown Los Angeles, around Apablasa Street (spelled Apalabasa or Apalabassa on the images), that was bordered by Alameda Street to the west, Aliso Street to the south, Date and College Streets to the north, and Lyon to the east. The views include images of industrial and commercial areas; retail storefronts; warehouses; manufacturing; utility and railroad buildings; houses and apartments with balconies; dirt streets and alleys; children; automobiles; and dilapidated and vacant buildings. The signage on retail buildings often reflects the Chinese and Hispanic heritage of residents and shop owners in the area. The photographer is unidentified, but presumably the photographs were created to aid in planning for the project, perhaps as part of the process of determining property valuation.
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