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Photographs of San Marino, California construction and early Los Angeles buildings

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  • California Bank building, 2nd and Broadway, Los Angeles

    California Bank building, 2nd and Broadway, Los Angeles

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    A view of South Broadway from 2nd Avenue of the California Bank, the Y.M.C.A. and the Fort Street Methodist Episcopal Church.

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    Early photographs of Pasadena and South Pasadena

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    Consists of ten photographs, postcards, and snapshots. Subjects include First Methodist Church and First Presbyterian Church in Pasadena, the Raymond Hotel, Wynate, the Sante Fe Station at Meridian and Mission streets, Meridian Street, the historic Opera House and Post Office at Meridian and El Centro streets, and unidentified individuals on a lawn in the Monterey Road area of South Pasadena.

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    Ortiz adobe near Elizabeth Lake, Los Angeles County, and other photographs

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    Snapshot photograph of the Miguel Ortiz adobe on Burns Ranch, one mile east of Elizabeth Lake, and two snapshots of the road crossings near Andrade adobe, Los Angeles County (1920s). Other photographs in this folder: five photographs of W. M. Bristol's lodge in Wrightwood (1930s); historical building and bandstand, Ontario, California; and image of Hindu workers picking oranges, Upland Citrus Association (1900s).

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    Photographs of track laying for the Los Angeles Cable Railway in Boyle Heights and other views in Los Angeles

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    Various cabinet card photographs of Los Angeles, including a series of four images showing digging and laying track for the First Street cable railway in central Los Angeles (Boyle Heights), 1880s. Other photographs in this folder: Grounds of J. M. Workman, Boyle Heights; panoramic view of Los Angeles from the road to San Gabriel by Carleton Watkins; view of Los Angeles Railway Company car on Fifth Street, Los Angeles; Ostrich Farm; image of various Native American water baskets, taken by photographer Jarvis, Pasadena, California.

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  • Part of Los Angeles from 3rd. St. hill

    Part of Los Angeles from 3rd. St. hill

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    Bird's-eye-view of Los Angeles from Third Street and Hill Street. Some buildings in this view are: the Methodist Church; Congregation B'nai B'rith Synagogue (at center) on the east side of Fort Street (now Broadway), between Second and Third streets; the Cathedral of St. Vibiana (at right in background) located on Main Street, just south of Second Street.

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  • Sonora, Los Angeles

    Sonora, Los Angeles

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    Elevated view of the Plaza district of Los Angeles (also known as Sonora Town) as seen from Fort Hill (also known as Fort Moore Hill), looking north with Buena Vista Street (now North Broadway) at right, and Bellevue Avenue (later Sunset Boulevard and now Cesar E. Chavez Avenue), the first intersecting road below.

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