Panoramic view of downtown Los Angeles from City Hall, ca.1887

Photograph of a panoramic view of downtown Los Angeles from City Hall, ca.1887. Commercial and residential buildings can be seen in the foreground, while mostly residential buildings can be seen towards the background. A circular-shaped building is visible to the right of center. Several horse-drawn wagons are in the street. Undeveloped land is visible in the distance. Legible signs include: "Furniture", "Pharmacy"..., "Occident Stables"..., "Restaurant", "F. Thom[...] Parisian [...] cleaning [...]", "Lodging", "202, The Little Gem Restaurant, 202", "Wines, liquors, cigars", "204, Headquarters Eastern Gasoline and Oils [...], gasoline stoves cleaned & repaired", "Millinery", "Baths", "Kalso [...]", "Storage", "The new Natick [...]", "[...] Fredericksburg Lager [...]", "[...] City Steam Dying and Cleaning Works", "14, Stoves & tinware", "Gibson & Alexander bicycles, tricycles", "Plumbing", "The Model", "18, New York House, 18", "Chicago [...] bottling works", "[...]rama [...] the [...] of Paris", "Bicycle & tricycle ware rooms", "18, New York House, furnished rooms, 18", "Woodbury [...]", "Go to Wineburgh's for the best [...] in [...] shirts and underwear, [...]wear [..]ery, gloves, 209 S. Spring St.", "On the next block below, on the oppos[...], Wineburghs dry goods store [...]lace depot, 209 S. Sping St., trimmings, corsets, [...], special sale every day", "Olmsted & Wales, Panorama book store", "[...] iron metal [...]", "Hotel Fremont", "J.G. McMenomy", "Colton's Auction House", and "Pi[...]".

1887年左右，从洛杉矶市政厅（Los Angeles City Hall）拍摄的洛杉矶市中心全景摄影作品。前景可见商业楼宇与民用住宅，背景一带则以民用住宅居多。画面右侧偏中心位置可见一座圆形建筑，街道上可见多辆畜力马车，远处尚有未开发的土地。可辨认的招牌包括："Furniture（家具）"、"Pharmacy（药房）"、"Occident Stables"、"Restaurant（餐厅）"、"F. Thom[...] Parisian [...] cleaning [...]"、"Lodging（住宿）"、"202, The Little Gem Restaurant, 202（202号，小宝石餐厅）"、"Wines, liquors, cigars（葡萄酒、烈酒与雪茄）"、"204, Headquarters Eastern Gasoline and Oils [...], gasoline stoves cleaned & repaired"、"Millinery（女帽店）"、"Baths（浴室）"、"Kalso [...]"、"Storage（仓储）"、"The new Natick [...]"、"[...] Fredericksburg Lager [...]"、"[...] City Steam Dying and Cleaning Works（城市蒸汽印染与清洁工厂）"、"14, Stoves & tinware（14号，炉灶与白铁制品）"、"Gibson & Alexander bicycles, tricycles（吉布森与亚历山大自行车、三轮车行）"、"Plumbing（水暖维修）"、"The Model"、"18, New York House, 18（18号，纽约客栈）"、"Chicago [...] bottling works（芝加哥……装瓶厂）"、"[...]rama [...] the [...] of Paris"、"Bicycle & tricycle ware rooms（自行车与三轮车配件间）"、"18, New York House, furnished rooms, 18（18号，纽约客栈，提供带家具客房）"、"Woodbury [...]"、"Go to Wineburgh's for the best [...] in [...] shirts and underwear, [...]wear [..]ery, gloves, 209 S. Spring St.（前往温伯格商店选购优质……衬衫、内衣、……服饰与手套，门店地址：南斯普林街209号）"、"On the next block below, on the oppos[...], Wineburghs dry goods store [...]lace depot, 209 S. Sping St., trimmings, corsets, [...], special sale every day（在下一个街区的对面，温伯格百货商店……蕾丝专营店，南斯普林街209号，主营饰边、束腰内衣……每日特惠）"、"Olmsted & Wales, Panorama book store（奥姆斯特德与威尔士，全景书店）"、"[...] iron metal [...]"、"Hotel Fremont（弗里蒙特酒店）"、"J.G. McMenomy"、"Colton's Auction House（科尔顿拍卖行）"以及"Pi[...]"。