Exterior view of the U.S. Hotel at 170 North Main Street, showing a street lamp in the foreground, ca.1935 

Exterior view of the U.S. Hotel at 170 North Main Street, showing pedestrians at its base, ca.1935 

Birdseye view of the U.S. Hotel at 170 North Main Street, ca.1930, detail 1 

Birdseye view of the U.S. Hotel at 170 North Main Street, ca.1930, detail 2 

Exterior view of the Saint Charles Hotel on North Main Street in Los Angeles, ca.1926 

Exterior view of the Hotel Van Nuys on the corner of Fourth Street and Main Street, [s.d.] 

Exterior view of the Westminster Hotel on the corner of Main Street and Fourth Street, ca.1895 

View of Main Street looking north from 4th Street, Los Angeles, ca.1924 

Veterans of 1812 War on North Main Street at Bella Union Hotel, Los Angeles, July 4, 1873 

Hotel Gray, Main Street and Third Street, ca.1905 

View of Main Street looking north from the top of a building near 6th Street, Los Angeles, ca.1917 

Exterior of the Westminster Hotel on the corner of Fourth Street and Main Street, Los Angeles, ca.1900 

View of the corner of Main Street and Fifth Street on the site of what would become the Rosslyn Hotel, Los Angeles, ca.1903 

Hotel Florence, Main Street and Third Street, ca.1900-1905 

Exterior view of the Van Nuys Hotel on the northwest corner of Fourth Street and Main Street, Los Angeles, ca.1902 

Exterior view of the Lexington Hotel on Main Street, looking south from Winston Street, ca.1905 

Exterior view of the U. S. Hotel, built circa 1860s and demolished in March 1939, 1939 

Melrose Hotel and the Hotel Richelieu on Grand Avenue between First Street and Second Street, 1946 

The Alhambra Hotel, Main Street, Alhambra, [s.d.] 

Exterior view of the Rosslyn Hotel on Main Street, looking south from Winston Street, 1905