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Rear of Melrose and 130 S. Grand Avenue from Olive Street
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Melrose Annex, 130 S. Grand Avenue, 1939
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This was the original Melrose, which became known as the Annex. Designed by Joseph Cather Newsom for Marc W. Connor and built in 1889. The top of the cupola was removed after the parapet ordinance of 1949.
Book 1, pg. 10 / Neg. 14093
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142 S. Grand Avenue, 1957
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Robert Larkins built this house in 1888 at 142 South Grand as his residence and to house boarders. It was demolished in 1957. Its architects are unknown but may be Bradbeer and Ferris.
Book 1, pg. 17 / Neg. 9992
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South on Grand Avenue from 3rd Street
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At right, the southwest corner of Third and Grand: 301, 305, and 311 South Grand. The Alta Cresta, Kenneth, and Capitol hotels are at 319, 325, and 333. The Fourth and Grand Service Garage is seen near the end of the block. The image dates from 1959; the construction on Grand is the erection of the 13-story addition (architect: Welton Becket) to the Standard Federal Bank at Wilshire.
Book 1, pg. 31 / Neg. 12634
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Rear detail of 130 S. Grand Avenue
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This collection contains approximately 9,000 negatives (2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches), 7 binders of contact prints of a large portion of the negatives, and 3 photobooks (11 x 14 inches). The photographs were taken by Theodore Hall, an avid amateur photographer and resident of Bunker Hill, Los Angeles from 1938 to 1963. Photographs depict the historic structures and streets of the neighborhood before and during the urban renewal of the 1950s, when buildings were razed and much of the hill was lopped off and graded. Hall photographed houses, storefronts, signs, architectural details, cars, and often the residents: shopkeepers, newsstand vendors, local children, and people on their front porches. A diverse population including African American, Asian American, Latin American, and white residents are pictured in everyday activities in the neighborhood. Grand Central Market, the downtown food and grocery emporium, is featured extensively in detailed images of vendors, customers, neon signs, and food stalls. Also seen on Bunker Hill are hotels and apartment buildings, the Angels Flight funicular railway, Victorian mansions turned into rooming houses, liquor stores, and construction crews grading land and pouring cement. Many historic buildings are seen in disrepair, and some are pictured in the midst of being torn down. Other Los Angeles sites depicted are: Union Station, City Hall, Olvera Street and the Plaza, churches, freeways, and automotive tunnels. The contact print binders also contain Hall's photographs of friends, social gatherings, camera club members, practice portrait sessions, annual visits to family in the San Francisco Bay Area, and a few day trips in Southern California. Some of the Los Angeles architects whose buildings are represented are: John C. W. Austin, Austin and Brown, Welton Becket, Dodd and Richards, Frederick R. Dorn, Edelman & Barnett, Theodore A. Eisen, Charles O. Ellis, Arthur L. Haley, Marsh and Russell, T. J. McCarthy, William H. Mohr, Joseph C. Newsom, John Parkinson, John Cotter Pelton Jr., James M. Shields, Lewis A. Smith, Train and Williams, George Herbert Wyman, and Robert Brown Young.
Book 1, pg. 16 / Neg. 10088
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"Grand" Hotel on E/S of Grand Avenue between 4th and 5th streets, 1957
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The Grand Avenue Hotel, 416 South Grand Ave., built 1904.
Book 3, pg. 55 / Neg. 9999
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South on Grand Avenue from 2nd Street, 1959
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The Dome Hotel (201 S. Grand, 1902) at right. Left, the Frontenac (212 S. Grand, 1905).
Book 1, pg. 32 / Neg. 12920