Echo Park Lake – Los Angeles
Echo Park Lake in 1900. (LAPL) Bicyclists at Echo Park in 1900. (LAPL) The lake in 1900. Echo Park Lake in 1929. (LAPL)
Category: Iconic Locales
Mission San Gabriel Arcángel
The Mission San Gabriel Arcángel is located at 428 S Mission Dr., San Gabriel, CA 91776. According to the Los Angeles Public Library, the above photo depicts a tall cactus hedge that once surrounded the mission, circa 1860. Because the mission doesn’t appear to be in the photo, the hedge was probably created as […]
Cahuenga Pass – Los Angeles
Above photo: The Cahuenga Pass in 1897. The following comes from the website: www.whitleyheights.com/ I am not the author. The Lost Treasure of the Cahuenga Pass Driving through the Cahuenga Pass and Whitley Heights towards Hollywood, one might not contemplate the haunted legacy left for travelers or would-be treasure hunters who wind their way through […]
Mt. Lowe photos
The end of the funicular incline of the Mt. Lowe Railway on top of Echo Mountain in 1902. Photo was taken two years after Mt. Lowe’s tourist hotel, the Echo Mountain House, burned down. Had the hotel survived, it would have been to the right of the top stairs. In the distance, you can see the round […]
Angels Flight Photos
An early view of Angels Flight on Bunker Hill at 3rd and Hill Streets, circa 1902. The railway first opened in 1901. A postcard image from the early 1910s with Angels Flight and its observatory tower in the background. Circa 1948. A view in 1958. Photographer: L. Mildred Harris/LAPL 00110073. Circa 1960. […]
Central Park – Pershing Square – photos
Sixth-street Park, now Pershing Square, in 1888. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church is in the background. History of Pershing Square Back in the 1850s, settlers camped on an undeveloped parcel of land near Los Angeles’s original Spanish plaza. As Los Angeles grew, city officials in 1866 designated five acres of the former campground into a park. Because it bordered St. Vincent’s college at […]
Santa Monica Beach Photos
A glass plate photo of Santa Monica beach, c. 1880s or 1890s. The Santa Monica Bath House, circa 1877, located at the end of Utah Avenue, which is better known today as Broadway. The building was constructed by Baker & Jones and was owned by J. W. Scott. (LAPL: 00067797) Santa Monica Beach in […]
Olvera Street – Photos
A woman sits at a sandstone water trough on the the north end of Olvera Street, circa 1930s. The trough dates back to 1897. Olvera Street in 1925. The El Paseo de Los Angeles, 1934. The La Golondrina Mexican Cafe (the Pelanconi House) is on the far right. Olvera Street Mug […]
Venice Beach Photos
The Dance Hall on the Abbot Kinney Pier at Venice Beach in 1910. A camel ride in 1908. (LAPL) Between 1904 and 1925, 14 roller-coasters were built around the beaches of Venice and Ocean Park (many of them replacements for the older ones). In 1910, The L.A. Thompson Company built a large roller […]
Westlake Park / MacArthur Park
Early views of Westlake Park in Los Angeles. It later became MacArthur Park on May 7, 1942. Palm Drive. Watching the Seals. California “Deer” in Westlake Park, circa 1910s. Circa 1916. Wilshire Blvd. through Westlake Park in the 1920s. Two flappers at the park in 1927. WestLake Park […]