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Photographs of San Marino, California construction and early Los Angeles buildings

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Description: Snapshot photographs of workers installing a storm drain and other construction on Old Mill Road, San Marino (approximately 1928). Also three copy prints of Main Street, Los Angeles, and a half stereograph of Fort Street Methodist Episcopal Church, central Los Angeles (1880s?).
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1860s-1928.
Call number: photPF 2330-2339
Provenance: Acquired from various sources.
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California Bank building, 2nd and Broadway, Los Angeles

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A view of South Broadway from 2nd Avenue of the California Bank, the Y.M.C.A. and the Fort Street Methodist Episcopal Church.

photCL Pierce 00059

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Ortiz adobe near Elizabeth Lake, Los Angeles County, and other photographs

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Snapshot photograph of the Miguel Ortiz adobe on Burns Ranch, one mile east of Elizabeth Lake, and two snapshots of the road crossings near Andrade adobe, Los Angeles County (1920s). Other photographs in this folder: five photographs of W. M. Bristol's lodge in Wrightwood (1930s); historical building and bandstand, Ontario, California; and image of Hindu workers picking oranges, Upland Citrus Association (1900s).

photPF 2160-2169

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Early photographs of Pasadena and South Pasadena

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Consists of ten photographs, postcards, and snapshots. Subjects include First Methodist Church and First Presbyterian Church in Pasadena, the Raymond Hotel, Wynate, the Sante Fe Station at Meridian and Mission streets, Meridian Street, the historic Opera House and Post Office at Meridian and El Centro streets, and unidentified individuals on a lawn in the Monterey Road area of South Pasadena.

photPF 2450-2459

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Photographs of track laying for the Los Angeles Cable Railway in Boyle Heights and other views in Los Angeles

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Various cabinet card photographs of Los Angeles, including a series of four images showing digging and laying track for the First Street cable railway in central Los Angeles (Boyle Heights), 1880s. Other photographs in this folder: Grounds of J. M. Workman, Boyle Heights; panoramic view of Los Angeles from the road to San Gabriel by Carleton Watkins; view of Los Angeles Railway Company car on Fifth Street, Los Angeles; Ostrich Farm; image of various Native American water baskets, taken by photographer Jarvis, Pasadena, California.

photPF 610-619

Adobe building on Castelar Street, Los Angeles

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View of an adobe building at 714 Castelar Street in the Plaza section of Los Angeles (also called Sonora Town) on a dirt road, with a woman standing in the doorway and children are in the road, nearby.

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Photographs of construction of the California Fruit Growers Exchange Building, 707 West 5th Street, Los Angeles, California

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Chiefly snapshots, with larger 8 x 10 inch views, documenting the interiors and exteriors of the California Fruit Growers Exchange Building (Sunkist Building) during construction. The building was located at Fifth Street and Hope Street on Bunker Hill in downtown Los Angeles. in 1934 and 1935. Pages 1-9 have images of an older building on the site prior and during demolishing. Pages 7-9 have photographs by photographer Dick Whittington.

photCL 290, photOV 10750-10758

Photographs of San Marino, California construction and early Los Angeles buildings

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