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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
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Thanks for figuring out the location of Woodhead & Gay, riichkay. 
Here's an amazing amateur slide losted on eBay.
" 1950s Los Angeles California Angels Flight Railway 35mm Kodachrome slide photo"
eBay
Wow, just wow!
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The Ferguson of Ferguson Cafe is after the family which owned the lot, that of the late William Ferguson, whose residence was at this location until he built a new home at 8th and Rampart in about 1905 (doubtless it wasn't very pleasant having Angels Flight running immediately adjacent). This is also the Ferguson of Ferguson's Alley in old Chinatown; he was the landowner of parcels in that area (as was Harris Newmark), not necessarily knowing the uses to which the structures there were being put. Relying on my notes: He was born January 20, 1831, in Washington County, Arkansas. After some time gold mining, he came to L.A. in 1868, coming back for good in 1869, when with L.J. Rose he opened a livery stable on Main near the Plaza. By 1872, he was a City Councilman, before long living at 303 S. Hill. Just about the time construction was actually commenced on the long-planned building in the photo, he died (April 9, 1910).
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