I guess this was the circa 1900 version of finding a place to park your car in downtown L.A. In this photo we’re looking west across Los Angeles Street between 8th and 9th. With all those wagons hitched to those horses, I’m guessing there was a market nearby and these people were coming into town to stock up on supplies. What I can’t help wondering is at the end of the day, whose job was it to clean up after the horses…?
This is what Los Angeles Street between 8th and 9th looked like in February 2021:
Maybe it’s a farmer’s market? Looks like there’s produce in the trucks we can see. And in the recent shot? No horse poop to be seen!
It looks like the photographer told them all to look at him and hold still.