Fire damage in China City, Los Angeles. 1939

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  China City, Los Angeles. 1940

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  An alley in Los Angeles's China City. Two old men are standing outside of shops on either side of the alley, and a boy is pulling a rickshaw in which a girl with a paper umbrella is sitting. A line of lanterns are suspended between the buildings.

  photCL Whitt 1012 ; Whitt neg. 1634

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  Part of Los Angeles from Franklin St. hill

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  Elevated view looking east down Franklin Street in the foreground in downtown Los Angeles, California, with a two-story brick building with the sign "Furniture & Bedding" on Spring Street at far left and the old Los Angeles Courthouse clock tower at the intersection of Court Street and Main Street visible behind it. The first Los Angeles city jail is the square brick building in a courtyard surrounded by a fence at center at the intersection of Spring Street and Franklin Street, with the first Los Angeles City Hill, a one-story adobe building bordering the jail courtyard to the east on Spring Street.

  photCL 555

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  First Street, Los Angeles

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  Elevated view looking down on First Street in downtown Los Angeles, California, with Fort Street (later Broadway) the first fully visible intersection with two-story brick building on corner.

  photCL 555

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  Los Angeles, No. 12

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  Elevated view looking southwest from Poundcake Hill towards Fort Street (now South Broadway) in downtown Los Angeles, California. A two-story brick building (visible at center left) sits on the southwest corner of Fort Street, at the intersection with First Street. Hill Street is parallel to Fort Street partway up the hillside, passing in front of the houses at upper middle left.

  photCL 555

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  Simon's Drive-In Café, Wilshire and Fairfax, Los Angeles. 1939

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  A view from the parking lot of Simon's Drive-In Cafe at the corner of Wilshire and Fairfax in Los Angeles. The building is round, with a large, tall pylon emerging from the middle with the restaurant's name on it. The building is decorated with words and designs in neon lights. Automobiles are parked in spaces around the building, and people are seated at counters inside.

  photCL Whitt 1363 ; Whitt neg. 1613

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  Republic Studios, Studio City, Los Angeles. 1942

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  A slightly elevated panorama view of the Republic Pictures studio in Studio City, Los Angeles. There are tall walls separating the studios from the street, and the land between those walls and the street is occupied by a guard house for the studio, a motel, a liquor store, and a gas station.

  photCL Whitt 3152