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'1876 photo of Los Angeles looking Southeast from Court House Hill.' Photo from the C.C. Pierce Collection/The Huntington Library/The Los Angeles Times.
Notes are pretty clearly in error. view is looking Northeast, Aliso Street lurking in the upper right. Also many sources believe the Baker Block (visible upper center) completed in 1877, placing the image later than 1876.
LA_Historical_View (Early 1900's)
A later view, maybe by as much as 30 years later, from again a very similar angle. And again perhaps from the court house roof. Aliso Street, the extension of which would ultimately sweep the Baker Block aside, can be seen upper center. DWP - LA Public Library Image Archive