Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a panoramic view of Los Angeles from First Street and Hill Street looking southeast, ca.1893. Several palm trees can be seen in the right foreground. The roofs of dwellings dominate the foreground, while commercial buildings of downtown Los Angeles predominate in the distance. The photograph features the following buildings: Highland Villa (built in 1886) can be seen in the foreground, at far left (through tree), located at the top of 1st Street and Hill Street just right to it, the Second County Court House (1891-1936) is visible featuring a clock tower reading 1:12 in the middle, at center, the Phillips Block (1887-1912) - a multistory structure with many windows - can be seen the Second Los Angeles Times Building (1886-1910) is visible in the middle, at right (a domed three-story structure with a flag) the Larronde Block (1883-circa 1930) is visible to the right (east) of the Los Angeles Times building, located at the north-west corner of Spring and First Streets the Los Angeles National Bank Building (1885-circa 1930) can be seen above the Larronde Block, located at north-east corner of Spring and First Streets the Pithian Castle Block (built in 1877) is one building left (north) of the bank. A few horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians are visible in the street below at right. Legible signs include: "Job printing", "[...] Jevne", and "Telegraph office".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w 13 x 21 cm., 20 x 25 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
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