Alexandria Hotel
The Alexandria Hotel at 501 South Spring Street became Los Angeles’s first five-star luxury when it opened on February 12, 1906. It also served as the city’s main […]
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Los Angeles: The Swinging 60s photos (1960-1969)
Los Angeles: The Swinging 60s photos (1960-1969) Above: Downtown 1960. 245 S. Grand Avenue on Bunker Hill, circa 1960. The […]
Los Angeles photos in the 1950s
Los Angeles photos in the 1950s. Above: Downtown in 1950. A traffic jam on Figueroa Street facing Sunset, circa 1950. […]
Life in Los Angeles in the 1930s
Life in Los Angeles in the 1930s Above photo: Downtown Los Angeles in 1930. The corner of Temple and Broadway, circa […]
Life in Los Angeles: The Roaring 20s
A pictorial look at Los Angeles in the Roaring 20s! Above photo: A traffic jam in 1920. A vintage 1920s postcard […]
Los Angeles – Southern California photos: 1910-1919
Los Angeles – Southern California photos from the 1910s. Above: the intersection of Fourth and Main, no later than 1917. The […]
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 […]
Los Angeles – Southern California photos – 1900 – 1909
Above photo: Main Street, looking north from around 6th Street. The photo was taken on May 8, 1901, the day U.S. President […]
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 […]
Yuma Land Rush in Los Angeles – 1910
RUSH FOR LAND ON; SCORES IN LINE ALL NIGHT Yuma Homeseekers Camp Outside Doors of Auditorium READY FOR DRAWING Thousands Expected in […]