Zanja (irrigation ditch) which lies alongside the sidewalk on the west side of Figueroa Street looking south from 23rd Street, Los Angeles, ca.1890 

West side of Figueroa Street looking south from 23rd Street showing zanja, Los Angeles 

Figueroa Street north from 24th Street showing zanja ditches, 1908 

Close-up of a zanja (irrigation ditch) in Sixth Street Park (later Pershing Square), Los Angeles, ca.1876-1880 

Figueroa Street looking west, south from 16th Street, ca.1890 

Manicured yards and palm trees lining Figueroa Street, looking north from Adams Street, Los Angeles, 1888 

West side of Figueroa Street looking north from 22nd Street, Los Angeles, ca.1898 

Alfred Solano residence on Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, ca.1880-1889 

Tall Monterey cypress tree growing in a yard on Figueroa Street, [s.d.] 

Phoenix palm tree growing in a grassy lawn on Figueroa Street, ca.1920 

First Presbyterian Church, Figueroa Street and Twentieth Street, ca.1900-1905 

A palm tree at the corner of Figueroa Street and Orange Street, ca.1920 

Exterior view of thee mansions lining Figueroa Street near Orange Street and Sixth Street, ca.1898 

Trees in Imperial Valley after irrigation 

A windmill used to pump water for irrigation, Compton, California, ca.1900-1901 

Figueroa Street and Sixth Street looking south, ca.1890 

Manicured yards and palm trees lining Figueroa Street near Adams Boulevard, Los Angeles, 1887 

Large residence of Alfred Solano on Figueroa Street at the corner of Twenty-fourth Street?, Los Angeles, [s.d.] 

Blue palm tree (Erythea Armata) on Figueroa Street, ca.1920 

Side view of the exterior of Los Angeles City Hall, ca.1888