Man standing in the front yard of a home on Figueroa Street, ca.1880-1889 

Manicured yards and palm trees lining Figueroa Street, looking south from or towards 23rd Street, Los Angeles, ca.1880-1889 

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

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

View of Figueroa Street looking northwest, Los Angeles, ca.1890 

Residence of John Graff (an early Los Angeles pioneer) on the corner of Jefferson Boulevard and Figueroa Street, 1886 

View of Figueroa Street at Jefferson intersection, Los Angeles, ca.1924 

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

Figueroa Street south from C Street before construction, January 1938 

Birdseye view of Los Angeles looking south from Figueroa Street, ca.1925 

View from the side of the Figueroa overpass being constructed above First Street, April 1940 

North Figueroa at a distance, showing downtown in the background, 1930-1939 

Bellevue Hotel on the corner of Sixth Street and Figueroa Street in Los Angeles, February 14, 1890 

Figueroa Street and Sixth Street looking south, ca.1890 

North Figueroa, showing automobiles in the background, November 1942 

Panoramic view looking south from Nadeau Hotel roof toward Broadway and Second Street, Los Angeles, ca.1885-1886 

A view of the palm trees and large homes that line Chester Place, looking north from Adams Street, Los Angeles, ca.1915 

Bank of Italy Building on the northwest corner of Seventh Street and Olive Street, Los Angeles, 1921 

Mrs. Henry Hazard on her bicycle at the corner of Washington and Figueroa Streets looking north, Los Angeles, ca.1898 

First athletic club in Los Angeles, located on Spring Street in the west side between Twenty-Ninth Street and Thirty-First Street, 1885