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Hand-drawn sketch map of Cañada de los Osos y Pecho y Islae boundaries. Volume 2, page 142.

Date: 1843

No Caption: Echo Park in Los Angeles with gazebo in the distance, c. 1915.

Date: 1915

Hand-drawn sketch map of Cañada de los Osos y Pecho y Islae boundaries. Volume 2, page 183.

Date: 1843

Caption: "Court House - Los Angeles." c. 1915-1920. The Los Angeles County Courthouse, also known as the Red Sandstone Courthouse, was completed in 1891. Located at the southeast corner of Temple and Broadway, the courthouse was damaged beyond repair by the 1933 Long Beach earthquake and demolished in 1936. To the left of the courthouse stands the Hall of Records, built in 1911 and used, along with other buildings, as the county courthouse from 1934 until 1959, when the current courthouse was occupied. The Hall of Records was demolished in 1973. See also 96-07-08-alb01-147.

Date: 1915

Caption: "Olvera St. Mexican Market Place, Los Angeles, May 18, 1934." View of the Olvera Street Market in Los Angeles. In 1926, Christine Sterling began efforts to preserve the buildings on and around Olvera Street (one of the oldest parts of Los Angeles). After several years of struggle and fundraising, Olvera Street was closed to automobile traffic in 1929, and opened as the Paseo de Los Angeles in 1930. The street and its market quickly became popular tourist sites, promoters touting the area as "A Mexican Street of Yesterday in a City of Today."

Date: 5/18/1934

Caption: "Broadway, Los Angeles." Broadway is a major thoroughfare of Los Angeles and one of the oldest in the city, laid out in 1849 as Fort Street, and renamed Broadway in 1890. In this image, construction can be seen at the top of the street between the two buildings of the Alhambra Hotel and Apartments. May 18, 1934. See also 96-07-08.alb11.006.

Date: 1934

Caption: "Aimee McPherson's Angeles Temple- Los Angeles," c. 1935. Aimee Semple McPherson, also known as Sister Aimee was a Canadian-American Pentecostal evangelist and media celebrity in the 1920s and 1930s, famous for her theatrical sermons and claims of healing the sick, and for founding the Foursquare Church.

Date: 1935

Hand-drawn sketch map of Cañada de los Nogale boundaries. Volume 2, page 67.

Date: 1844

Hand-drawn sketch map of Campo de los Franceses boundaries. Volume 2, page 33.

Date: 1843

Caption: "Alligator said to be over 500 years old. Alligator Farm, Los Angeles," c. 1935, shows a large alligator at the animal-themed park, which was a major city tourist attraction from 1907 to 1953.

Date: 1935