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  Pico House, Los Angeles

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  View looking northeast from Main Street in downtown Los Angeles, California with (from left to right) the Pico House, Merced Theatre, and the Masonic Temple visible, with horse-drawn carriages along the dirt street and signs including "Telegraph

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  Forman House, Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles

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  View of the two-story house of Charles Forman (1835-1919) and his wife, Mary Forman (1843-1918), located at 1015 West Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, with circular driveway and palm trees. The house was dismantled and moved from Virginia City, Nevada, to its location on Pico in 1882 and demolished in 1913. (See McGroarty, Los Angeles from the Mountains to the Sea, Vol. 2, pages 75-77).

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  Side view of Forman House, Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles

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  View of the two-story house of Charles Forman (1835-1919) and his wife, Mary Forman (1843-1918), located at 1015 West Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, with view of yard, chicken coop, and palm tree. The house was dismantled and moved from Virginia City, Nevada, to its location on Pico in 1882 and demolished in 1913. (See McGroarty, Los Angeles from the Mountains to the Sea, Vol. 2, pages 75-77).

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  Side view of Forman House, Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles

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  View of the two-story house of Charles Forman (1835-1919) and his wife, Mary Forman (1843-1918), located at 1015 West Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, with view of yard, barn, and palm trees. The house was dismantled and moved from Virginia City, Nevada, to its location on Pico in 1882 and demolished in 1913. (See McGroarty, Los Angeles from the Mountains to the Sea, Vol. 2, pages 75-77).

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  Los Angeles – Plaza and Plaza Church; Pico House

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  This is a collection primarily of negatives and photographic prints depicting the growth of Santa Monica and Los Angeles, California, from 1860s to 1980s. Many views are cityscapes or street views, showing buildings, storefronts, homes and roads, and documenting the use of railroads, trolleys, streetcars, and automobiles. There are many card photographs by early professional photographers, and also a number of snapshots made by amateurs, some in personal photo albums. The collection's scope also includes early views of many other communities in Southern California (and a few in other states); the beginnings of aviation in Santa Monica, including the first Douglas Aircraft Company buildings; a photo album of residents in Topanga Canyon, ca. 1913; automobile racing in Los Angeles and Santa Monica, 1920s; maritime views; a photo album of U.S. troops in France during World War I; a 1949 real estate development in Apple Valley, California, and others. Besides photographs, a portion of the collection consists of scarce publications and historical ephemera, primarily related to Santa Monica and Los Angeles, including brochures, advertising cards, menus, event programs and other materials. Highlights of the Santa Monica images are aerial views of the buildings along the coast and pier (1920s); several views of the Arcadia Hotel (1880s); the Long Wharf and adjoining railroad and train depot; the first bath houses on the beach; the beach club culture of the 1920s and 1930s; the amusement piers of Santa Monica, Ocean Park and Venice; and the beginnings of the Douglas Aircraft Company. There is a large set of promotional photographs made late 1920s-1930s by Powell Press Service depicting people enjoying Santa Monica's beaches, clubs and outdoor recreation. An important subset within the collection is 407 negatives made ca. 1890 - 1908 by Los Angeles historian and amateur photographer George W. Hazard (1842-1914). Hazard travelled around Los Angeles and vicinity photographing the adobes, houses, streets and storefronts that told the early history of the city. Many of Hazard's negatives have handwritten identifications, naming streets, former homeowners, ranchos, and other historical details. There are a large number of cabinet cards and other card-mounted prints and stereographs. There are 1,264 stereograph prints, highlighted by the works of photographic pioneers William M. Godfrey, Francis Parker, Hayward & Muzzall, and Carleton Watkins. Other formats represented are: glass and film negatives; panoramic prints; 7 photograph albums, photographic postcards, 20th-century color prints and transparencies; and a small number of tintypes, cyanotypes and a set of chromolithographs.

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  Los Angeles Plaza Historic District buildings being restored

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  Rear view of the Masonic Hall, Merced Theatre, and Pico House being restored. Their facades front Main Street.

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