Downey block on Main Street showing the site of the new Federal Building in Los Angeles, ca.1888 

View of Crescenta Block on Downey Avenue at Truman Street, Los Angeles, ca.1885-1886 

First office of the Los Angeles Times on Downey Block, 1875 

Temple Block on Spring Street and Main Street, ca.1885 

View of the Downey Block in Los Angeles at the site of the Post Office, shown from across the street, 1900 

Farmers Bank and Merchants Bank on the west side of Main Street, north of the Downey Block, ca.1880 

Exterior view of Downey Block on the corner of Spring Street and Temple Street, ca.1905 

Exterior view of the Federal Building and Post Office in Los Angeles, ca.1910 

Exterior view of the County Bank building on the Temple block, looking south from Temple Street on Spring Street, ca.1888-1890 

Exterior view of the old Federal Building and Post Office, Temple Street and Main Street, ca.1912 

View of Main Street north from Court Street in the Temple Block, Los Angeles, ca.1925 

Temple Street looking west from Main Street, showing the Downey Block being demolished, ca.1905 

Lithograph of the Baker Block on the corner of Main Street and Arcadia Street in Los Angeles, 1880-1889 

First electric arc lamp-mast (electric light pole) in Los Angeles, located on the Baker Block, Main Street, north from Commercial Street, ca.1887 

Governor Downey's Residence on Main Street north of Fourth Street on the west side, ca.1883 

View of Los Angeles, looking south on Main Street at Spring Street, showing Temple Block, ca.1885 

Exterior view of the Temple Building, Los Angeles, ca.1872 

Grosse Building, home of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, ca.1908 

Exterior view of the Wilcox Building on the southeast corner of Spring Street and 2nd Street, ca.1905 

Lithograph depicting Temple Block (Newmark Block) as seen from the Main Street side, ca.1880