Portraits from the Past: A collection of portrait studio photos and cabinet cards taken in Los Angeles between between 1880 and 1899. Above photo: Two portraits of an 1880s couple found at an estate sale in Los Angeles. Photo taken circa 1887-1888 by photographer George E. Lawrence, who had a studio in Room 6 […]
A view of the Plaza with the Los Angeles Plaza Church in the background, circa 1870s. The famous church is sometimes called the Church of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels. But its official name is the La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora la Reina de Los Ángeles. Its address is 535 N Main St., Los Angeles, CA […]
Los Angeles. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by Kuchel & Dresel, in the Clerk’s Office of the U.S. District Court for Northern District of Cal. Los Angeles as it appeared in Vol. 5 of the quarto edition of the Pacific Railroad Reports in 1855. The Los Angeles City […]