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American Avenue (Long Beach Boulevard), Long Beach, California, 1924

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Students of Mills College enjoying the surrounding countryside, California, 1870s

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Victorville, California in a circa 1920 postcard view.

source: Route 66 Mother Road Postcards

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Sardis 1930s

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[Return from summit, Mt. Lowe. Mule riders along trail down. 1920.]

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200 block of South Main Street, Los Angeles, February 24, 1952

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“View of the intersection of Main, Spring, and 9th streets in downtown Los Angeles, circa 1937. A uniformed man sits in a booth on top of a pole in the foreground of this corner as pedestrians walk by underneath.

“Historical Note:  In the early part of the 1900s, elevated booths were used by the Los Angeles Railway and the Yellow Cars as a switchman’s tower to control the flow and path of streetcars through the intersection.”

Photo from waterandpower.org

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Postcard: Fifth Street, San Diego, Cal., between 1907 and 1914

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Postcard: Public Library, San Diego, Cal., circa 1915

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Daguerreotype portrait of a group posing in front of a Wells Fargo bank on Montgomery Street in San Francisco, California, 1852.

Source: Library of Congress.

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Vintage Snapshots Capture Daily Life of Venice Beach, Los Angeles in the 1930s

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The Cliff House

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Cliff House

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Wilcox Avenue, Los Angeles, 1937

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(via MUYBRIDGE or WATKINS: Interior of Lick House Dining Room Thomas Hill Paintings | eBay)

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McDonnells BBQ Drive-in Restaurant, Hollywood, 1937.  Photo by John Gutmann (German, 1905-1998)    ha.com