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Views of Los Angeles

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Description: 10 stereographic views of Los Angeles after a flood, March 1884 (1st Street bridge [nos. 1, 7, 7a], 1st Street in Boyle Heights [no. 4], Centre Street [no. 2], Aliso Street bridge [nos. 3, 5], a cable car down an embankment [no. 8], view from a bridge [no. 6]), washed out bridge [no. 9]; house and windmill (no. 10, "Views of Los Angeles and Vicinity" stamped on the mount).
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1884.
Call number: photST Tyler
Creator: Tyler, O. E (active 1883-1884)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Mrs. Arthur M. Ellis, 1945.; Purchased by Collector's Council, 2002.

Views of Los Angeles and vicinity

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23 stereographic photographs of Los Angeles and Southern California consisting of views of downtown Los Angeles [no. 6] (Broadway and 2nd Street [no. 1, 1a], 1st Street and Broadway [no. 2], Main Street [no. 3], Sonoratown [no. 8]), Los Angeles residences [nos. 4, 5], churches [nos. 7, 11, 12, 13, 20], adobes [nos. 9, 10], Santa Monica beach [no. 14], gardens and fruit groves [nos. 17, 18, 19], the full moon through a telescope [nos. 15, 16], and "Cotton cushion scale" (title on verso) [no. 21].

photST Rogers

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Views of Los Angeles and vicinity

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This is a group of stereographs by unnamed or unidentified photographers. Includes views of: corner of Fort & 2nd Streets, Los Angeles, ca. 1880s [no. 1]; West 3rd Street, Los Angeles, ca. 1884-1886 [no. 2]; West Lake Park, Los Angeles [no. 3]; woman standing on steps of a house [no. 4]; Bee ranch, Rustic Canyon [nos. 5, 6]; San Pedro harbor, early 1900s [no. 7]; view of hotel and beach from pier, Redondo Beach, 1891 [no. 8]; Marengo Avenue, Pasadena, ca 1880s [no. 9]; General store, San Gabriel[no. 10]; Santa Anita [Hollister] Ranch and orange groves, Arcadia, 1880s [no. 11]; Santa Anita [Hollister] Ranch building and grounds, Arcadia, 1880s [no. 12]; Carterhia, N.C. Carter's house in Sierra Madre, 1882 [no. 13]; Orange tree, Sierra Madre Villa [no. 14]; Avalon Bay and Sugar Loaf with a steamer coming in, Santa Catalina Island, 1900s [no. 15]; Mission San Luis Rey [no. 16].

photST Anon

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Views of Los Angeles and vicinity

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Views of downtown Los Angeles (no. 304), Los Angeles residences and residential areas (nos. 306, 307, 313, 314, 315), Mt. Lowe (nos. 321, 322), San Pedro harbor (no. 330), Avalon and Santa Catalina Island (nos. 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343), San Gabriel Mission (no. 344, 345), hotels in Santa Barbara and Riverside (nos. 352, 359, 360), the Riverside County court house (no. 363), Redlands public library (no. 369), and cacti (no. 366). Reider numbers 304, 306, 307, 313, 314, 315, 321, 322, 330, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 352, 359, 360, 363, 366, 369. Some images exist in duplicate.

photST Reider

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Views of Los Angeles and vicinity

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30 stereographic views of Los Angeles, California, and vicinity, with images depicting the Cathedral of Los Angeles [nos. 52, 56] and views of Los Angeles [no. 233, 234, 235]; Santa Monica Bay and coastline [nos. 70, 214, 215, 219, 221, 222]; San Gabriel Mission and surrounding landscape [no. 91, 284, 285]; views of San Gabriel, the San Gabriel Mountains, the San Pascual Canyon and San Pascual Ranch [nos. 110, 117, 119, 131, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 174]; views of Sierra Madre Villa [nos. 207, 208]; and two private residences [nos. 286, 287]. Varela numbers 52, 56, 70, 91, 110, 117, 119, 131, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 174, 207, 208, 214, 215, 219, 221, 222, 233, 234, 235, 284, 285, and two unnumbered images. Some images exist in duplicate.

photST Varela

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Views of Los Angeles and Vicinity, (bulk 1876)

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78 stereographic photographs depicting plant life in and around Los Angeles, California; birds-eye views of various parts of Los Angeles, San Diego and San Bernardino; Wilmington Harbor; various missions (including Mission San Gabriel [nos. 65, 135], San Juan Capistrano [nos. 154, 155, 156], Mission San Luis Rey [nos. 50, 158, 159, 162, 164], and Mission San Diego [nos. 165, 166, 167]); landscapes; and sections of Payne's panorama of Los Angeles [nos. 211-216 and 218-220]. Payne numbers 3, 10, 51, 53 (two images with the same number), 57, 58, 59, 62, 65, 68, 70, 75, 76, 77, 79, 87, 93, 95, 113, 134, 135, 141, 146, 149, 150, 154, 155, 156, 158, 159, 162, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168 (6 images with the same number, sections 1-5 of the panorama of San Diego), 173, 175, 178, 179, 180, 187, 188, 193, 194, 198, 200, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 218, 219, 220, and nine unnumbered images. Some images exist in duplicate. The mounts are stamped with three titles: Payne's Semi-Tropical California, Semi-Tropical California Scenery, and Southern California Scenery. The former two make up the bulk of the collection.

photST Payne

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Views of Los Angeles and vicinity

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Views of the Plaza from Fort Hill [no. 2]; downtown Los Angeles from Fort Hill [no. 1]; "Hyena House, Calico, Cal."[no. 3]; and Mission Indians at San Gabriel Mission [no. 4].

photST NortonNichols

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