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Title: Compton electric car station (n.d.)
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Title: Compton Pacific Electric station decorated with flags for July 4, 1902
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Title: Slauson Tower Pacific Electric car station (n.d.)
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Title: 34th and Hill, 1920s
Description: Williamson Welding Works, automobile repairs to the starter. 3415 S. Hill Street.
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Title: Hattem's Market on Western Ave., [n.d.] [From the parked cars, photo taken in early 1920s.]
Hattem's Market exterior on Western Ave., one of Southern California's first supermarkets, decorated for opening ceremonies. [Western Avenue and 45th Street.]
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Photographer: Mott Studios.
Title: Exposition Park Branch Library, 1923
Description: Exterior view of Exposition Park Branch (formerly University Branch) of the Los Angeles Public Library. Branch is located in a brick building at 3420 South Hoover Street. [This library was later moved to 3665 S. Vermont as the Mary McLeod Bethune Regional Branch Library. It is currently slated to be moved again to Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and Western Avenue.]
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Title: University Branch exterior, [n.d.]
Description: University Branch, now Exposition Park Branch, was constructed in the Romanesque style to harmonize with other university buildings. Architects were Hibbard, Gerity & Kerton. [3420 University Ave., Los Angeles, later renamed Hoover Street.]
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Photographer: Mott Studios.
Title: Reading room, Exposition Park Branch Library, 1923
Description: Interior view of the Reading Room at Exposition Park Branch Library (formerly University Branch). Library is located at 3420 South Hoover Street, in Los Angeles.
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Title: University Branch interior, 1923
Description: University Branch (later Exposition Park Branch) interior in the Romanesque style. Architects were Hibbard, Gerity & Kerton. 3420 S Hoover Street.
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Title: Figueroa St. looking south toward West Adams Blvd. (St. Vincent's, Auto Club) 1920s
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Title: Cytron's Shoe Store, 8514 S. Vermont Ave., 1924
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Title: A view of a building undergoing renovation on the corner of Broadway and 61st Streets. A sign for Kohl's Bakery appears on the boarded up building, and a vacuum cleaner shop and the 61st Street Feed and Fuel Store are also visible. Also visible are two Ford automobiles, including a Model T truck. Circa 1920s.
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Title: Renovated building on the corner of Broadway and 61st streets, including the newly renovated Kohl's Bakery. Also visible is a vacuum cleaner shop, the 61st Street Feed and Fuel store, Pete's Shoe Shop and a dry cleaner. [Same building as in above photo after renovation.]
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Title: Automobile Club of Southern California, Adams Blvd. and Figueroa, [n.d. ] [From parked cars, this photo taken in the 1920s.]
Description: View of the Auto Club building on the SW corner of Figueroa St. and Adams Blvd. Built in 1922-1923 in Spanish Colonial Revival style. Architects: Hunt & Burns ; Roland E. Coate. 2610 S. Figueroa.
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Title: Figueroa St. looking northwest towards West Adams Blvd. 1926
Description: Figueroa Street looking northwest toward West Adams Boulevard. On the left is the Automobile Club of Southern California and St. Vincent's Catholic Church.
The Ebell Club
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Photographer: Graham Photo Co.
Title: Ebell Club of Los Angeles, exterior view, 1927.
Description: Exterior view of the Ebell Club of Los Angeles at 1719 South Figueroa Street, in Los Angeles, March 8, 1927. [The Ebell Club was the largest women's organization in Los Angeles in its day. It was founded in 1894 in a pattern originated by Dr. Adrian Ebell of Berlin in a club created in Oakland, California, in 1876. The building pictured in this set of photos was constructed in 1906. The Los Angeles Ebell Club hosted a national Mother's Congress in 1907 focused on child education, and issued yearbooks into the teens of the twentieth century. There is further information on the Ebell Club in our page on personalities of West Adams under the entry on one of its principal figures, Mrs. Leslie Hewitt.]
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Title: Ebell Club members, group photo, 1927.
Description: Group photo of Ebell Club members, October 1, 1927, 1719 South Figueroa Street.
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Title: Ebell Club, front view, 1933.
Description: Exterior view of the Ebell Club of Los Angeles at 1719 South Figueroa Street, in Los Angeles, October 6, 1933.
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Title: Ebell Club of Los Angeles, exterior view, 1933.
Description: Exterior view of the Ebell Club of Los Angeles as seen from across the street. Building is located at 1719 South Figueroa Street, in Los Angeles. Photo dated: October 6, 1933.
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Title: Washington Irving Branch Library, 1926.
Description: Exterior view of the Washington Irving Branch Library, designed by Allison and Allison, architects, and built in 1926 in Romanesque Revival style. It is Los Angeles Cultural Monument #307. Contractor was Gene B. Foster. Its materials included hollow tile, brick and stucco, with a tile roof. Approximate cost was $25,000. It opened to the public on December 15, 1926. 1803 South Arlington Avenue.
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Title: Jule L. Deckard's auto repair business, 2322 S. Central Avenue, 1927.
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Title: Car and 3 people at Darby Hotel, W. Adams & Flower Sts. (now Grace Apts.) (n.d.)
Description: Standing behind the car is Ray I. Matthews. In the car is Charles Blodgett & 1 other person. They are in front of the Darby Hotel, built by Blodgett, a black contractor. Presently this building is known as the Grace Apartments.
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Title: Dunbar Hotel, Central Avenue, 1928
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Title: Community room in the Patriotic Hall, 1816 S. Figueroa St., 1928
Description: A meeting or a community room in the Patriotic Hall. There is a banner in the room for the Women's Overseas Service League. Furniture, including lamps and chairs, is shown clearly.
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Title: Blue Bird Laundry Building , 3622 S. Crenshaw, 1928
Description: The Blue Bird Laundry building exterior view in 1928.
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Title: Armenian American grocer in his store, Western Public Market, 3601 S. Western Ave., 1928
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Title: Armenian American owned grocery store, Western Public Market, 3601 S. Western Ave., c. 1928
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Title: Armenian American grocer in his grocery store at 3601 S. Western Ave., c. 1928
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Title: Arlington Manor Apartments, [n.d.]
Description: Exterior view of Arlington Manor Apartments at 2000 South Arlington Avenue.
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Title: Greer-Robbins Chrysler used car dealer at Figueroa/12th St. (c. 1930s)
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Title: Mesa Vernon Market and drug store, 1931
Description: Mesa Vernon Market and a drug store at Crenshaw and Leimert Place.
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Title: Dutch Grill at the Hotel Watson, Pico & Flower (n.d.)
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Title: Tower drug and grocery stores, [n.d.]
Description: Drug and grocery store in a "mini-mall" with a tower in front. The tower bears a sign, reading "Tower." [Western Ave. and 70th St., Los Angeles.]
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Title: W. A. Clark Library, W. Adams Blvd., June 15, 1934
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Title: W. A. Clark Observatory on grounds of Clark's mansion, June 15, 1934
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Title: W. A. Clark Observatory, June 15, 1934
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Title: Odd Fellows Temple, Washington Blvd. & Oak Street, 1930s
Description: Exterior view of the International Order of Odd Fellows Temple on West Washington and Oak Street circa the 1930s. [Oak Street is between Hoover and Figueroa.]
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Title: LAPD University Division police station, 809 W. Jefferson, 1936
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Title: Automobile Club of Southern California, 1919 [This date is wrong. The building was completed in 1923. From the parked cars this photo was taken in the late 1930s.]
Description: View of 2601 South Figueroa Street from the opposite corner.
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Title: Coca-Cola building, 1334 S. Central Ave , late 1930s
Description: The Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Los Angeles, located at 1334 S. Central Ave., remodeled from five older warehouses into a streamlined ocean liner by architect Robert V. Derrah in 1936.
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Title: Patriotic Hall, 1816 S. Figueroa Street, 1937
Description: Exterior view of Patriotic Hall on March 15, 1937.
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Title: Exterior view of the Olympic Auditorium, 1801 S. Grand Ave., 1938
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Title: E.E. Smith Public Market, 42nd & Central, 1939
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Title: The Spot, 41st and Central, 1940
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Title: Harris Drug Store on Central Avenue between 27th and 28th St., 1940
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Title: Artist's rendering of new nursery and clinic of Children's Home Society, 3100 W. Adams Blvd., April 2, 1945
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Title: New $120,000 nursery and clinic for care of children selected for adoption at the Children's Home Society on December 11, 1945. 3100 W. Adams Blvd.
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Title: Dunbar Cocktail Lounge and Grill, 4225 S. Central Avenue, 1945
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Title: Japanese American optometrist ad, 3565 S. Western Ave., 1947
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Title: African American real estate agency, 3650 S. Western Avenue, 1947
Description: Ad for the S. Alexander Co., Inc. real estate agency published in the 1947 Westside Yearbook and Business Directory. Includes photo of building exterior.
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Title: African American Flash Music Store, 3517 S. Western Ave., 1947
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Title: African American auto repair shop (Henry Jones Auto Service), 1277 W. Jefferson, 1947
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Title: African American Flash Music Store (interior), 3517 S. Western Ave., 1947
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Title: African American real estate agent (S. Alexander Co.), 3650-52 S. Western Ave., 1947
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Title: African American grocery store (Safety Market), 1897 W. Jefferson Blvd., 1947
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Title: African American ice cream parlor (Snow Top Malt Shop), 1899 W. Jefferson Blvd., 1947
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Title: African American record shop (Don Barksdale's Record Shop), 3573 S. Western Ave., 1947
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Title: African American dry cleaners (Santa Anita Cleaning & Laundry), 1400 W. 35th St., 1947
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Title: African American cleaners and clothing store (Beason's Cleaners & Sportswear Shop), 2901 S. Western Ave., 1947
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Title: African American ice cream parlor (West Side Malt Shop), 3676 S. Western Avenue, 1947
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Title: Western Motel, 37th & Western, 1947
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Title: African American cafe (New Trocadero Café), 1781 W. Jefferson, 1947
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Title: Picket line in front of bank , 1948
Description: Picket line outside of the Farmers and Merchants Bank in Watts. Southeast Interracial Council, Independent Pary, and the Fair Employment Practice Committee were protesting the bank's refusal to hire Black or Mexican tellers.
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Title: Drugstore owner and employees at Sureway Drugstore, 8539 S. Vermont Ave., 1949
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Title: Exterior, Coliseum Hotel, 457 W. Santa Barbara Ave. ( now Martin Luther King Blvd.) (n.d.) [A reader suggests cars are from the late 1930s]
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Title: Vermont Avenue near Manchester stores, 1950
Description: Part 3 of 3. Panoramic view of Vermont Avenue near Manchester showing shops and stores, including Cytron's Shoes (Pt.2). Area was later destroyed in the Watts Riot (1965). Photo from Jewish collection.
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Title: Vermont Avenue stores at Manchester, Part 2 (1950)
Description: Part 2 of 3. Panoramic view of Vermont Avenue near Manchester showing shops and stores. Cytron's Shoes can be seen between Men's shop and Allen's Jewelers. Area was later destroyed in the Watts Riot (1965). Photo from Jewish collection.
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Title: Vermont Avenue stores at Manchester, Part 1 (1950)
Description: Part 1 of 3. Panoramic view of Vermont Avenue near Manchester showing shops and stores, including Cytron's Shoes (Pt.2). Area was later destroyed in the Watts Riot (1965). Photo from Jewish collection.
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Title: Korean Women's Club, 1950, 1368 W. Jefferson Blvd.
Description: Group portrait of Korean Women's Club outside the Korean National Association. Pictured are Hannah Chunn (standing third from right), Wha Mok Lee (front row, fifth from left), Sunda Hahn (second row, sixth from left), Mary Lim (second row, seventh from left), Frances Kim Moon (second row, far right), Lee Paik (third row, far left), Mr. Paik (back row, standing high).
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Title: Sureway Drugstore, 8539 S. Vermont Ave.
Description: Left window is cracked, the result of a bomb thought to be related to a plan to unionize.
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Title: Broadway Federal Savings and Loan Association, 4327 S. Broadway
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Title: African Americans at Orange Julius stand they owned and operated on Vermont and Central Avenue in 1952-53.
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Title: African American couple in cleaners, 1955
Description: Odessa and Raymond Cox in the Utopia Cleaners, the first Black-owned dry cleaners in Watts, 1955.
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Title: King's Tropical Inn, 5741 W. Washington (n.d.)
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Photographer: Reagh, William.
Title: Victorian residence, now Otsego Apartments, 633 W. 12th St. (1967)
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Photographer: Reagh, William.
Title: El Bazar de Mexico on Pico Boulevard, 1967.
Description: El Bazar de Mexico, a clothing and dry goods store, at 2524 W. Pico Boulevard.
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Title: Engine House #18, Fire Station building, 1977
Description: Exterior view of Engine House No. 18, Fire Station building at 2618 South Hobart in Los Angeles. Building has a twin-towered mission revival design. Date built: 1904. Architect: John Parkinson.
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Photographer: Plukas, V. R.
Title: Roger Young Center's Tabard Inn exterior, at 936 Washington (1978)
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