View looking down from Los Angeles High School on Poundcake Hill towards commercial buildings in downtown Los Angeles, California. Buildings with visible signs include "Paint Shop," "Hotel Des Princes," and on North Main Street, the "Farmers and Merchants Bank" and Cosmopolitan Hotel," and "St. Charles Hotel." The Baker Block building, with tower, is visible. "3073 Los Angeles, from the High School." and "Payne, Stanton & Co. Los Angeles, Cal."--text in margins. Title transcribed from item; date approximated by cataloger based on history of buildings pictured; the Hotel Clarendon was renamed the "St. Charles" in 1875 and the Commercial Restaurant replaced the Hotel Des Princes around 1878.
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