View of Spring Street near Main Street in downtown Los Angeles, California, with storefront signs for "Merrill & Babbock, Plumbing" (listed in the 1881 Los Angeles City directory at 27 Spring), "Herald Steam Printing House" (23 Spring), "Preuss & Pironi (23 Spring), "Eugene Meyer & Co." (17-19 Spring), and "F. Adam Tailor" (13 Spring). "3130 Spring St. near Main, Los Angeles." and "Payne, Stanton & Co. Los Angeles, Cal."--text in margins. Title transcribed from item; date approximated by cataloger based on corresponding listings for the pictured stores on Spring Street in Los Angeles city directories around 1881. Related item photCL_555_03_690 is a view looking beyond these buildings with the Preuss & Pironi sign in the foreground.
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