Name/Title
TEMPLE BLOCK SECTION OF DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELESEntry/Object ID
2002.81.1.3Description
Color: Black; White
A reproduction photograph of a lithograph of the Temple Block area of downtown Los Angeles, 1880s. The view is from a nearby building on the east side of Main Street, looking south. The Temple Block is at center, with the three-story addition, built by F. P. F. Temple in 1871, most prominent. Behind it are the three other buildings of the block, built by Temple in 1868 and 1870 and by his brother, Jonathan, in 1857. The clocktower of the elder Temple's markethouse, then known as the courthouse, built in 1859, is behind the block. Many other business buildings are notable in the image, including the Downey Block, with its wide canopy at the center and, topped by a large flag with its name, the Nadeau Hotel in the background. On Main Street are horse-drawn trolleys, horses and wagons or carriages, and, on the sidewalks and in the street, pedestrians. To the far right background are some residences on Bunker Hill. The triple intersection of Main, Spring, and Temple is also at the center in front of the Temple Block. Telephone poles and wide-arc electrical poles are on the east side of Main. A crease in the original, which is part of an album of lithographs that is in the Museum's collection, runs the vertical length of the image, but, as a newly produced image, this artifact is in mint condition.
Number-Units: 1Lexicon
Search Terms
Two-dimensional, Photographs, Central business districts--Los Angeles (Calif.), Commercial buildings--Los Angeles (Calif.), Hotels, taverns, etc.--Los Angeles (Calif.)