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 lithograph showing a birdseye view of Los Angeles and Brooklyn Heights (Boyle Heights) from the east, ca.1877. Brooklyn Heights (later Boyle Heights) is shown in the foreground of the lithograph, as large, undeveloped plots with only a few houses, separated by a web of streets. The urban Los Angeles is visible in the background, and the beginning of the Santa Monica Mountains is visible in the distance to the right, while the Pacific Ocean can be seen to the left. Text below the image reads "Published by the Brooklyn Land and Building Co., Los Angeles, Cal.", "Entered According to Act of Congress in the year 1877, by the Brooklyn Land and Building Co. in the Office of the Library of Congress, at Washington, D.C.", "Drawn by E.S. Glover", and "A.L. Bancroft & Co., Lith., S.F.". The lithograph lists the following locations on the map: 1) Los Angeles and Independence R.R. Depot 2)St. Vincent College 3) Catholic Cathedral 4)M.E. Church 5) Jewish Church 6)M.E. Church, South 7) County Court House 8) High School Building 9) Episcopal Church 10) Congregational Church 11) Alden Fruit Dryer 12) Distillery 13) City Gas Works 14) Public School 15) Sisters School 16) French Hospital 17)Sisters Hospital 18) Southern Pacific R.R. Depot 19) Temple Block 20) Pico House.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs art
Los Angeles--General views--Illustrations (1 of 2) Los Angeles--General--Drawings Los Angeles--Los Angeles River Los Angeles Railroad Company Independence Railroad Company Saint Vincent College Views Cities
Time Period
1872/1882
Place
Brooklyn Heights (Boyle Heights) Los Angeles California USA buildings: Pico House buildings: Temple Block buildings: Southern Pacific R.R. Depot buildings: Alden Fruit Dryer buildings: M.E. Church buildings: County Court House buildings: Saint Vincent College buildings: Los Angeles and Independence Railroad Depot
Source
7157 [Accession number] CHS-7157 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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