Hotel Willoughby on the corner of Fifth Street and Hill Street, Los Angeles, ca.1900 

Exterior view of Hazard's Pavilion (later the site of the Temple Auditorium) from the northeast corner of Fifth Street and Olive Street, ca.1890 

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 Saint Charles Hotel on North Main Street in Los Angeles, ca.1926 

views of the U.S. Hotel at 170 North Main Street, and the Amestoy Building at 202 North Main Street, ca.1935 

View of the northwest corner of Fifth Street and Flower Street, April 1927 

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

Nadeau Hotel, corner of First Street and Spring Street, Los Angeles, ca.1885 

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

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

Retouched photo of Main Street looking North from Fifth Street, 1905 

Exterior view of the Van Nuys Hotel on the corner of Main Street and Fourth Street in Los Angeles, 1900-1909 

View of the corner of Main Street and American Street, looking west on Main Street, ca.1900 

Exterior view of the Hotel Pepper on the corner of Seventh Street and Burlington Avenue, 1905 

View of Beacon Street looking south from Fifth Street in San Pedro, ca.1903 

Corner of San Diego's Fifth Street and F Street, looking north, ca.1903 

Old Spanish Convent of Santa Catalina on Main Street, later the site of the San Carlos Hotel, Monterey, ca.1898 

Exterior view of the Van Nuys Hotel on the corner of Fourth Street and Main Street in Los Angeles, 1905 

Southwest corner of the intersection of Main Street and Fifth Street, 1904 

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