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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
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We have seen this amazing photograph on NLA but it is so phenomenal I thought it wouldn't hurt to see it again.
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Los Angeles, 2nd Street from the hill...........
January 1887..........
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Yes, that is a wonderful photo. It's also image
2003-0484 at the CA State Library, where you can download a huge TIF file of it.
The CA State Library dates the photo c. 1886, but the First Presbyterian Church (tall steeple, right of center) had horn-blowing
angel Gabriel removed from atop its steeple on
January 26, 1887, and he does not appear to be in place here, so this photo's
handwritten date seems pretty accurate. I don't think the photo could have been taken more than a few months later at most.