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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
Here's a bit of rare ephemera I just came across on ebay:
"PALM GARDEN DANCING PAVILION - INVITATION w STAMP - LOS ANGELES 1890 -1900's"
EBAY
inside
the back is plain.
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There was also a Palm Garden Cafe and Saloon on S. Main "near the post office". -is this a different location....or was there a post office near 18th street?
Los Angeles Herald May 1899
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Your colorful and interesting invitation to visit the SW corner of 18th and Main must be from
1908 (Friday, July 3),
e_r.
The Palm Garden was built on the site of the Palace Stables.
February 11, 1906,
Los Angeles Times:
ProQuest via LAPL
The Palace Stables at the SW corner of 18th and Main can be seen in the lower right corner of this c. 1902 aerial:
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Originally Posted by Flyingwedge
3. The right third, looking north. In the lower right corner, with its roof conveniently painted for future researchers, is Palace Stables at 1801 S. Main. The intersection of Hill Street and 18th Street
is at the center of the photo at the very bottom. The next three streets north of 18th are 17th, 16th, and 15th. Today, the Santa Monica Freeway runs here between 17th and 18th Streets:
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Here is the SW corner of 18th and Main on the 1906 Sanborn, showing a livery stable being built around the
Palace Stables on the corner (the 1894 Sanborn shows a smaller Palace Stables on 18th St. were the livery
stable is being built to the right of 128 W. 18th St.):
ProQuest via LAPL
This appears to be the building permit for the Palm Garden. There is a permit with the same date to demolish
a frame building at 1807 S. Main, part of the stable I guess:
LADBS
Related Building Permits:
Jan 5 1907: "general alterations to frame building" at 1801 S. Main ("brick" is crossed out next to "frame")
Feb 20 1907: "To make changes to interior and exterior of bldg by cutting exits, putting in partitions, etc." at 1801 S. Main
Jan 21 1908: Interior changes including moving the soda fountain at 1801 S. Main
Aug 25 1911: Remove 10 feet from front of building at 1809 S. Main "known as Palm Garden" to accommodate widening
of Main Street; the building's lessee is listed as A. W. Rutherford, the same name on the 1908 invitation
Aug 11 1913: "We intend to make a Class D building into a Class C garage" at 1801 S. Main
1910 Baist Map with dance hall at 18th and Main (at upper right) and livery stable next door to the west:
HistoricMapworks
1921 Baist Map with garage at 18th and Main:
USCDL
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The other Palm Garden on south Main, from the 1899 articles, must have been this one, which was across from the
short-lived 1892-1901 Post Office/Federal Building at Main and Winston:
1899 LA City Directory @ fold3.com