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A night shot of the Garrick Theater, 802 S. Broadway, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1913
Here we have the Garrick Theater which stood at 802 S. Broadway, putting it on the corner of 8th Street in downtown Los Angeles. This photo is circa 1913, which means the theater was only a couple of years old, … Continue reading
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Multi-business building on the southwest corner of 8th and Olive, downtown Los Angeles, 1927
There was a lot going on in this Victorian building on the southwest corner of 8th and Olive, downtown LA, with its five bay windows and its square turret with the fancy ironwork crowning the top. I assume the “YOU … Continue reading
Multiple forms of traffic fill 7th St looking west from Spring St, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1914
I love this circa 1914 photo looking west along 7th St from Spring St in downtown Los Angeles because it shows four forms of transport happening on the same block: streetcar, horse-drawn carriage, automobile, and pedestrian. I doubt the horses … Continue reading
The steel frame of the new Los Angeles City Hall nears completion in downtown Los Angeles, 1927
Angelenos could finally see what shape their new City Hall would take when its steel frame neared completion as it had in this 1927 photo. I wonder if they knew it would become an icon of the city. That building … Continue reading
Huge crowds gather at Broadway and 7th St to watch a War Loan Drive parade, downtown Los Angeles, 1944
Until I found this photo, I didn’t know that War Loan Drives sometimes took the form of a parade, but Angelenos sure turned out in droves to watch this one down Broadway in downtown Los Angeles. This is the intersection … Continue reading
Elaborate display mounted for a Shriner convention over the 600 7th St entrance to JW Robinson department store, downtown Los Angeles, 1929
It must have been a very big deal for a city to hold a Shriner convention because whenever I see vintage photos of LA welcoming the Shriners, it’s all decked out. In the case of this 1929 photo, the JW … Continue reading
Crowds of window-shoppers gather out front of JW Robinson’s department store, Los Angeles, 1933
I could find no information on this photo other than these eager window shoppers were gathered outside a Robinson’s department store somewhere in Los Angeles (probably downtown LA, but the looks of it) in 1933. It makes me wonder what … Continue reading
A special horse-drawn streetcar makes its way down Broadway at 8th St, downtown Los Angeles, 1931
The caption on this photo read: “May Company Department Store golden jubilee, 8th Street and Broadway, 1931” but the May Co was founded in 1877, so their golden jubilee would have been in 1927. So I’m not really sure when … Continue reading
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Looking north up Flower St from 7th St toward the iconic Richfield Building, downtown Los Angeles, 1937
In 1937, when this photo was taken, Angelenos probably thought nothing of seeing the striking Richfield building as they drove north up Flower St from 7th St. but I’m glad some photographer stopped to take this shot because I can’t … 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