Image of the corner of Temple Street and Main Street in Los Angeles, California, showing the Downey Block building, with dirt street and horse-drawn wagons in the foreground. Visible signs and lettering on the Downey building include "Carpets," "Levy and Coblentz, wholesale dealers in wines and liquors" (located at 71 Main Street in the 1875 Los Angeles city directory) and "I.O.O.F." and "New York Millinery Store" can be seen on the building in the background. "15. Downey Block." and "Semi-tropical California Scenery. H.T Payne & Co. Los Angeles"--text, image margins. Title transcribed from item. Date approximated by cataloger based on photographer history; Payne first appears as a photographer in Los Angeles in 1874 and became a partner in Payne, Stanton & Co. in 1881 (Carl Mautz, Biographies of Western Photographers, 130).
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