Name/Title
Seven (7) snapshots of streets, buildings and a Southern Pacific train, Los AngelesEntry/Object ID
2013.517.1.0Description
Seven (7) snapshots of streets, buildings and a Southern Pacific train, Los Angeles, 1925-26. The one of the train is undated and shows two women at the back of four passenger cars and what may be a caboose, while crowds stand near another train at the distance to the right, probably at the General Station on Central between 4th and 5th. The remaining images include a view looking north from 1st and Main towards the construction of Los Angeles City Hall and what may be some surviving Temple Block structures, 15 August 1926; Los Angeles Street and Ferguson Alley in the old Chinatown area near the Plaza and showing the Plaza Service Station and Chinese businesses, 12 August 1925; Los Angeles Street north of Ferguson Alley, shownig the F. Suie One Chinese store and a structure to be demolished, 12 August 1925; 10th Street looking east towards Figueroa, with a market, clothing stop, bakery and cafe in a building, a two-story apartment structure, and a church, 12 September 1926; the Bank of Italy International Building at 116 W. Temple, just west of Main, 15 August 1926; and the old St. Vincent's College building next to the Olympic Auditorium at Washington and Grand, 16 August 1925. The condition of the group is good with curvature of the paper but little soiling or rubbing.
