Panoramic view of Los Angeles, looking northeast from court house, ca.1900

Photograph of a panoramic view of Los Angeles, looking northeast from court house, ca.1900. Several buildings and structures can be seen extending from the foreground into the extreme background. Wide streets divide the large city blocks. Image includes a view of Temple Street, Main Street, and Broadway. The Grand Central Hotel can be seen at the center left. The Saint Charles Hotel is visible at center. The Merchants National Bank can also be seen at center right. The image is hazy and slightly obscured in the extreme background.; Legible signs include: "Pension Office, rooms, ...", "... Mattoon, law office", "W.M.H. Savage, J. Irving McK..., lawyers", "... Sp...ech, printer, publisher, ... Burbank, theater, ...", "...chant tailor", "suits", "Dye Works", "cigars", "Old ... Barber", "Orgullo", "dental college", "226, mens furnishing goods, 226", "224", "Farmers & Merchants National Bank", "236", "238", "G. Dold Tailor", "F & M Bank", "New York Life", "Lanfranco building", "hardware, me..., blacksmith and oil w...", "jobbers of crockery, glassware, house furnishing goods.", "stationery & notions", "pipes, cutlery and notions", "Illinois Pacific Glass Co.", "Goldshmidt Bros.", "302 C...ommun..., 301", "Wolff Bro..., always hungry fo...", "...oston bakery and coffee house", "smoke General Authur cigars, M.A. Gunst Cigar Co., Pac Coast Hgts.", "St. Elmo Hotel, American & European plan", "now 5-cent Owl Cigar", "H.C. Fletcher, successor to Fletcher & Harris", "Los Angeles Furniture Co.", "Nasons Paints, "rooms ..., beds 15', furnished bedrooms", "established 18..., Wilson Whiskey, that's all", "Grand Central", "St. Charles Hotel", "Saloon Restaurant", "Congress Hall Whiskey", "... Thomas J. Lipton's Ceylon ... India 'Teas'", "Cohn Goldwater & Co., furnishing goods, boots, and shoes", "Southwestern Lumber Co.", "Pas[adena] Electric Express", "Maier & Zobelein brewery", "furniture..., Mackie F...", "Romona natural mineral water", "W.T. ... Well Supply Co.", "The Cubany Packing Co.", "bakery, Angeles Flour", "restaurant", "international".; -