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Old Posted Jun 7, 2010, 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality View Post
in that same photo you get a pretty good view
of Court Flight in the extreme right of the pic.
Court flight is actually just out of view'

i did find this additional 1910 view taken from the same balloon, which is angled more to the north west, and court flight is very visible in this angle


USC Digital Archive

i dug out my crayons again, and marked it as follows

starting on the left

yellow = dome (sw corner 2nd and grand)
green = melrose and Richelieu (eastside of the block between 2nd and 1st)
blue = argyle (ne corner of 2nd and olive)

middle of the photo

green = Los angeles times mirror (ne corner of 1st and broadway)
purple = bradbury mansion (sw corner of court and hill)
aqua-marine = court flight (court street, west side of broadway between temple and 1st)
red = hall of records which is under construction (east side of broadway between 1st and temple)
mustard = old courthouse (temple street between broadway to the west and spring to the east)
yellow = the old los angeles school building on fort moore hill (nw corner of california street and castelar)
pink = 601 sunset boulevard (nw corner of sunset and n. hill place)

bottom right of photo

orange = temple block (intersection of temple, main, and spring)
blue = post office (nw corner main and temple)


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