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Description
Photograph of a pen and ink drawing (lithograph) of the residence of I.W. Hellman, southwest corner of Main Street and Fourth Street, Los Angeles, 1885. Later the site of Farmers & Merchants Bank, later the site of the Security Pacific National Bank. In the dirt street are a horse-drawn trolley filled with passengers and a 2-horse drawn carriage carrying 4 passengers. A wall topped by an iron fence surrounds the 2-story Victorian mansion on the porch near the entryway of which two people are standing. The well-groomed grassy lawn is dotted with trees and bushes. A widow's walk is visible on the roof. Three pedestrians are walking on the sidewalk adjacent to the property.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photonegative, photoprint, b&w 13 x 18 cm., 14 x 18 cm., 20 x 25 cm. glass plate negatives negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs art
Architecture, Domestic Hellman, I.W Los Angeles--Architecture--Domestic--Identified by owner--C-K (2 of 4) Residence (I.W. Hellman) Carriage Trolley Residential sites
Time Period
1885
Place
-118.24677,34.04845 -118.24629,34.04808 -118.24677,34.04766 -118.24721,34.04808 California Downtown Los Angeles Los Angeles Main Street & 4th Street USA
Source
1-50-6 [Microfiche number] 1599 [Accession number] CHS-1599 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity] isla id: S-4390 [Identifying number]
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