Lithograph showing a birdseye view of Los Angeles and Brooklyn Heights (Boyle Heights) from the east, ca.1877

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Title	Lithograph showing a birdseye view of Los Angeles and Brooklyn Heights (Boyle Heights) from the east, ca.1877
Description	Photograph of a lithograph showing a birdseye view of Los Angeles and Brooklyn Heights (Boyle Heights) from the east, ca.1877. Brooklyn Heights (later Boyle Heights) is shown in the foreground of the lithograph, as large, undeveloped plots with only a few houses, separated by a web of streets. The urban Los Angeles is visible in the background, and the beginning of the Santa Monica Mountains is visible in the distance to the right, while the Pacific Ocean can be seen to the left. Text below the image reads "Published by the Brooklyn Land and Building Co., Los Angeles, Cal.", "Entered According to Act of Congress in the year 1877, by the Brooklyn Land and Building Co. in the Office of the Library of Congress, at Washington, D.C.", "Drawn by E.S. Glover", and "A.L. Bancroft & Co., Lith., S.F.".; The lithograph lists the following locations on the map: 1) Los Angeles and Independence R.R. Depot; 2)St. Vincent College; 3) Catholic Cathedral; 4)M.E. Church; 5) Jewish Church; 6)M.E. Church, South; 7) County Court House; 8) High School Building; 9) Episcopal Church; 10) Congregational Church; 11) Alden Fruit Dryer; 12) Distillery; 13) City Gas Works; 14) Public School; 15) Sisters School; 16) French Hospital; 17)Sisters Hospital; 18) Southern Pacific R.R. Depot; 19) Temple Block; 20) Pico House.
Subject	Los Angeles Railroad Company; Independence Railroad Company; Saint Vincent College
Subject (adlf)	cities
Subject (file heading)	Los Angeles -- General views -- Illustrations (1 of 2); Los Angeles -- General -- Drawings; Los Angeles -- Los Angeles River
Subject (lcsh)	Views
Geographic subject	buildings: Pico House; buildings: Temple Block; buildings: Southern Pacific R.R. Depot; buildings: Alden Fruit Dryer; buildings: M.E. Church; buildings: County Court House; buildings: Saint Vincent College; buildings: Los Angeles and Independence Railroad Depot
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Brooklyn Heights (Boyle Heights); Los Angeles
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	1872/1882
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1872/1882
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	negatives (photographic) photographs art
Accession number	7157
Call number	CHS-7157
Legacy record ID	chs-m3009; USC-0-1-1-3081
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-7157
Full text	—oooiaSBBFEBEWCES.^Dooo— ;. Lot Angeles and Independence H R Depot No. 6. M. K. Church, So uth. • St Vincent College. 7. County Court Ho •. ft Catholic Cathedral. . High School Building. i. M. E. Church. 9. Episcopal Church. S. Jevoieh Church. 10 Congregational C urch IN THE FOREGROUND.
Archival file	chs_Volume39/CHS-7157.tiff

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