Tag Archives: 1800s
Looking down on Broadway from 3rd St, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1895
A couple of days ago, I posted a circa 1906 photo looking north up a bustling Broadway. This one is much the same view, but from Third St and taken from what looks like the rooftop of one of the … Continue reading
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A horse and carriage wait outside the elaborate Glendale Hotel, Broadway, Glendale, circa 1890s
In the late 1880s, the Glendale Hotel opened on Broadway in Glendale. It was built in the popular late-Victorian style – very elaborate with lots of levels and planes and detailing. I don’t have a date on this one, but … Continue reading
A convoy of horse-drawn Tally-Ho carriages take Angeleno tourists from Los Angeles to the Altadena Junction, circa late 1890s
I don’t have a lot of information on this photo, but from what I can piece together, it appears to be from the late 1890s when the Tally-Ho carriages would take groups of locals and tourists from Los Angeles (which … Continue reading
Well-dressed Angelenos gather around two of the Los Angeles’ first electric streetcars on Pico St, Los Angeles, 1887
Angelenos got all dressed up in their Sunday-best finery to be among the first citizens to ride two of Los Angeles’ first electric streetcars on Pico St, which I believe is now Pico Blvd, in 1887. The sign on the … Continue reading
Los Angeles’ first telephone pay station, 228 S. Spring St, downtown Los Angeles, 1899
What we’re looking here is new technology coming to Los Angeles on the cusp of a new century. This was Los Angeles’ first telephone pay station which opened at 228 S. Spring St in downtown Los Angeles, which was the … Continue reading
Cahuenga Valley Railroad’s first train to East Hollywood, Los Angeles, 1889
Here’s a slice of Los Angeles public transportation history in the making. The Cahuenga Valley Railroad used to run between Hollywood and Santa Monica. This photo documented the arrival of its first train in East Hollywood in 1889. I love … Continue reading
Hotel Green, at the corner of Raymond Ave. and Green St, Pasadena, California, circa 1901
Back in the day (as in “1800s”) well-heeled Easterners would head west to escape the brutal winters. (And quite frankly, who would blame them?) One of the most popular places to spend the winters was Pasadena (it helped that there … Continue reading
Hotel Palomares, 344 North Garey Ave, Pomona, California, circa 1904
I wouldn’t have expected to find such an impressive hotel in late-1800s Pomona, but Hotel Palomares at 344 North Garey Ave opened its doors in 1897. By that stage, the city of Pomona had only been around for less than … Continue reading
Looking west along Colorado Blvd from Raymond Ave past the Hotel Carlton, Pasadena, California, 1887
It’s images like this that make me thankful someone thought to take a photo of what for them would have been a regular street scene, but for us is a snapshot into a place that no longer exists. We’re looking … Continue reading
Farmers raising lima beans on the land that would later become Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, 1888
During the last couple of decades of the 1800s, the land that would later become Beverly Hills was far enough from downtown Los Angeles to be considered agricultural. The main crop was lima beans. They provided a good, cheap, and … Continue reading