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 exterior Los Angeles County Court House and Jail on Poundcake Hill, ca.1895. Located on the south side of Temple Street between Broadway and Spring Street, on Poundcake Hill. Broad stairs approach the building from the corner. A stone retaining wall lines the sidewalk on the Court House side. About 10 horse-drawn carriages are parked on the street in front of the building. Utility poles and lines are visible. A flag flies from the uppermost clock tower of the building.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, transparency, b&w 20 x 25 cm. negatives (photographic) transparencies photographs
Los Angeles--Architecture--Public Buildings--County Court House Public Buildings Spring Street Los Angeles County Court House Public buildings Court houses
Time Period
circa 1895
Place
Broadway and Spring Street at Temple Street California Los Angeles USA
Source
1-9-4 [Microfiche number] 273 [Accession number] CHS-273 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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