A stereoscopic photograph of Main Street. Los Angeles, California, ca. 1870

Photograph

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

A stereoscopic photograph of Main Street. Los Angeles, California, ca. 1870

Entry/Object ID

2016.419.1.1

Description

A stereoscopic photogra of Main Street. Los Angeles, California, ca., 1870. The building appears to be a side view of the Temple block which was the location of the Workman & Temple Bank. Some of the visual details of note include a sign with the name S. Hellman. There are two wooden pillars holing up the roof overhang of the first floor, wagons or baby buggies in front of the shop. In front of this building is a street light, a ramp going from the dirt road to the sidewalk and a wagon with a single horse, a telegraph pole and several horse and wagons out front. Running down Main Street are the rails for a horse drawn streetcar. With object has staining, abrasion and fading, the object is in fair condition.

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Stereoscopic Photographs