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At corner of 1st and Olive streets, 1953


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    Looking East on 2nd Street, between Grand and Olive, 1953

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    The Koster House, on the north side of Second Street, 515 W Second. The mansard-roofed Argyle Hotel, right, sits at Second and Olive. Other lost structures include the Hall of Records, California State Building, and the gasometers at Commercial and Center streets.

    Book 3, pg. 32 / Neg. 7102

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    From Apartment building on S. Olive Avenue showing, at right, original Hill on 1st Street

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    Looking down Olive to the intersection at Second, shot from the Cumberland Hotel. At corner, the backside of the Claridge Hotel. The Mansard roof structure at Second and Olive is the Hotel Argyle (architect: Robert Brown Young, 1887). See also Photobook Volume 3, pages 38 and 39.

    Book 1, pg. 58 / Neg. 7903

  • 1st and Olive Streets

    1st and Olive Streets

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    Gladden Hotel, 100 South Olive Street. Truck mounted crane is next to the El Moro Hotel, 109 South Hill Street.

    photCL 486

  • Olive Street block being leveled south of 1st Street

    Olive Street block being leveled south of 1st Street

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    The vacant Gladden Hotel at 100 South Olive Street, on the southeast corner of First Street.

    photCL 486

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    Corner of 1st and Olive, 1952

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    Pollinger's Market, corner of First and Olive, was demolished in 1953 for the County Courthouse.

    Book 3, pg. 30 / Neg. 5629

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    From West 3rd, on Olive looking South, 1957

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    Partial view of the Casa Alta at right, then from right, the Ems Apartment Hotel at 321 South Olive, the Olive Inn and the Central Garage on the corner of Fourth Street.

    Book 3, pg. 28 / Neg. 12693