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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
"Antique 1909 Oakland BPOE Drill Team In Los Angeles California Panoramic Photo".........................................................................................................................................................................
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I thought if we all work together we might be able to figure out where in Los Angeles this panorama of the Oakland BPOE Drill Team was taken.
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From the July 15, 1909,
Los Angeles Evening Express at Newspapers.com:
"Raymond Benjamin, grand esquire of the grand lodge and grand marshal for the parade of Elks, gave the command to move forward promptly at 10 o'clock.
A fanfare of trumpets, and the police mounted squadron swung into line at Main and Seventeenth street, cavorting down the lane of white pavement between
the massed humanity on each side."
Later . . .
"All along Main street from the point of the parade's beginning to its turning point at Temple block, on Spring street from Temple block to Ninth and again
on Broadway between First and Eighth the congestion of humanity was unprecedented."
And . . .
"For the benefit of the Elks themselves, so that those in line could have an opportunity to view marchers of their brother lodges, a countermarch on Broadway
from First to Eighth street was given."
I would guess this photo was taken around the southern half of the parade route, given the lack of hills or large buildings in the background.