Palmer Conner Collection of Color Slides of Los Angeles: Finding Aid
Biographical Note on Palmer Conner
Historical Note on Bunker Hill
Related materials in the Huntington Library
- Pat Adler Photograph Collection of the Architecture of Southern California (photCL 181)
- Theodore Hall Collection of Negatives and Photographs of downtown Los Angeles and Southern California (photCL 384)
- South Bunker Hill Association. Survey map of south Bunker Hill area of Los Angeles (Frederick Nelson Scrapbook vol. 34, p. 41)
Slides
Slides 1-218
Main Street at the 101 Freeway. Grand Central Hotel being wrecked. 2/1/57
Grosse Building. Originally Abbot Kinney Building 7/15/57
6th Street and Spring Street. Grosse Building being wrecked. 7/15/57
6th Street and Spring Street looking south. Grosse Building being wrecked. 7/15/57
6th Street and Spring Street. Grosse Building soon to be wrecked for new skyscraper. 7/15/57
Spring Street 7th Street to 6th Street. Grosse Building being wrecked. 10/1/57
Grosse Building. 6th Street and Spring Street. 11/1/57
Grosse Building being wrecked. 6th Street and Spring Street. 11/1/57
Main Street at 101 Freeway. Old buildings being wrecked. 2/1/57
Main Street at freeway. Grand Central Hotel being wrecked. 2/1/57
Demolishing old rooming house on North Main Street, Los Angeles. 12/1/57
Last days. Main Street at the freeway. 4/20/57
Wrecking the last big mansion on Wilshire Boulevard. 2/1/57
Hershey Arms Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard. 7/15/57
At the Los Angeles Airport. 11/26/57
Hershey Arms Hotel, Wilshire Boulevard, awaiting demolition. 7/15/57
Sentous block. North Spring Street near Los Angeles Plaza. 7/15/57
Sepulveda House on Main Street, Los Angeles. 4/20/57
North Main Street at the 101 Freeway, Union Station in the background. 5/10/57
North Main Street at the 101 Freeway with Pico House, Merced Theater, Masonic Hall in the background. 5/12/57
North Main Street at the 101 Freeway, Union Station in the background. 5/4/57
Los Angeles Union Station. 3/10/57
Building remains of 300 block North Main Street, Los Angeles. 4/25/57
North Main Street block just south of the 101 Freeway. 4/20/57
North Main Street building at the 101 Freeway coming down soon. 4/20/57
Civic Center along North Hill Street, Los Angeles. 4/20/57
Sentous Block, North Spring Street, Los Angeles. 7/15/57
Rear view of Grand Central Hotel being demolished. Main Street at 101 Freeway. 2/1/57
Union League Building at 2nd Street and Hill Street, Los Angeles. 4/20/57
Union League Building at 2nd Street and Hill Street, Los Angeles. 3/10/57
Union League Building at 2nd Street and Hill Street, Los Angeles. 4/20/57
Union League Building at 2nd Street and Hill Street, Los Angeles. 2/25/57
Looking down 2nd Street at the Hotel Astor. 4/20/57
Union League building completely gone. 5/15/57
Spring Street buildings across a parking lot. 6/10/57
Fashion League Building at 2nd Street and Hill Street, Los Angeles. 2/1/57
Fashion League Building at 2nd Street and Hill Street, Los Angeles. 2/1/57
Old Bunker Hill hotel on South Figueroa Street. 3/1/57
Brousseau Mansion boarding house. 2/1/57
Bunker Hill buildings adjacent to 4th Street at Hope Street. approximately 1957
Victorian home at West 3rd Street and South Bunker Hill Avenue. 3/1/57
Bunker Hill Victorian homes awaiting wrecking. 3/10/57
The Melrose Hotel wrecking in progress. 5/20/57
Melrose and Richelieu Hotels on South Grand Avenue. 4/20/57
Grosse Building at 6th Street and Spring Street, Los Angeles. 7/15/57
Martz Flats and electric street car. 6/10/57
Martz Flats at 7th Street and Flower Street. 6/10/57
Los Angeles Civic Center. 4/20/57
Olive Street block being leveled south of 1st Street. 5/15/57
Commercial Street west of San Pedro Street. 6/1/61
Los Angeles Plaza Historic District buildings being restored. 1961
Los Angeles Street's wholesale houses. 1961
Commercial Street east of Main Street. 7/27/61
Old Court House site wall and tunnel make way for a parking lot. 7/20/1961
Old Court House site wall and tunnel coming down. 7/20/1961
Civic Center from 2nd Street tunnel hill. 9/15/61
2nd Street west of Broadway. June 1961
Hill Street's old walls and the courthouse. 7/23/61
Civic Center from courthouse roof due to jury duty. 7/26/61
Bunker Hill from Clay Street between 2nd and 3rd Streets, looking west. 7/26/61
The last old Bunker Hill mansion on Olive Street. 7/27/61
Bunker Hill Avenue building near 4th Street. 6/12/61
Bunker Hill mansions of South Bunker Hill Ave near 4th Street. 6/12/61
Victorian home on Bunker Hill Avenue. 6/12/61
Old Victorian home. 6/13/61
3rd Street looking east from Grand Avenue. 6/12/61
West view from Clay Street between 2nd and 3rd Streets. 7/27/61
Clay Street view of Olive Street remnants between 2nd and 3rd. 7/27/61
Grand Avenue south of 2nd Street. 6/12/61
Apartments on Olive Street. 6/12/61
2nd Street Victorian near Olive Street 6/12/61
Top of Angels Flight and old Elks Building. 2/16/60
Southwest corner of Grand Avenue and 3rd Street. 6/12/61
Olive Street slums near 2nd Street. 7/27/61
West 1st Street from Flower Street to Hope Street. 7/23/61
Plaza Firehouse restored. 8/20/62
New California Bank building near the Spring Street and 6th Street intersection. 2/10/60
South Olive Street towards 4th Street. 12/20/62
Los Angeles Street making way for more Civic Center. 8/20/62
Old Temple Street Victorian home near the freeway. 8/20/62
South Grand Avenue near 3rd Street. 7/20/62
Old Victorian on North Broadway. 6/20/62
East Los Angeles, old Victorian in decay. 6/20/62
Bunker Hill area buildings on 3rd Street viewed from Figueroa Street. 7/20/62
Old mansions on South Bunker Hill Avenue between 3rd and 4th Streets. 7/20/62
Flower Street apartment buildings. 7/20/62
Bunker Hill Avenue home close to 4th Street. approximately 1962
Flower Street and Hope Street between 3rd and 4th Streets. 7/20/62
New Water and Power Building being constructed. 12/30/62
Bunker Hill Avenue mansions. 12/30/62
Rear view of the majestic Victorian Brousseau. 2/20/63
3rd Street and Grand Avenue intersection. 2/20/63
Bunker Hill Avenue between 2nd and 3rd Streets. 2/20/63
Bunker Hill Avenue near 3rd Street. approximately 1963
Grand Avenue near 2nd Street. 2/20/63
Rear of buildings on 3rd Street between Flower and Figueroa Street. 2/20/63
Greyhound bus on Los Angeles Street passing last of the Charles R. Hadley Building. 2/20/63
Plaza Restoration from the 101 freeway. 2/20/63
Demolishing the Charles R. Hadley Company Building. 2/20/63
Rear of Bunker Hill Avenue buildings from Grand Avenue. 6/20/62
Last of the old-timers on Bunker Hill Avenue. 12/20/62
Grand Avenue portion of the Alta Cresta. 12/30/62
6th Street and Olive Street. 9/1/65
6th Street from Olive Street to Grand Avenue. 9/1/65
6th Street and Hope Street. 8/1/65
6th Street and Hope Street. 8/1/65
Portion of 6th Street between Grand Avenue and Hope Street 8/1/65
6th Street between Hope Street and Grand Avenue. 9/1/65
Water and Power Building, Municipal Center. 9/10/65
Bunker Hill was going fast. 9/10/65
Broadway south of 2nd Street. 8/1/65
Broadway between 2nd and 3rd Streets, seen from Spring Street through parking lots. 8/1/65
Angels Flight from atop 3rd Street and Olive Street. 6/1/64
6th and Olive Streets intersection. 9/1/65
Hope Street north of Wilshire Boulevard. 8/1/65
6th Street and Grand Avenue. 9/1/65
Angels Flight and view down 3rd Street. 6/10/66
Hall of Records and others viewed from the Mall. 8/1/66
Civic Center Mall. 7/9/66
Civic Center Mall next to Hall of Administration. 7/10/66
Civic Center from Superior Courthouse roof. 8/1/66
Music Center theaters construction.
Civic Center mall and parking garage. Mar 66
Last mansions on the hill. 6/10/66
7th and Hope Streets. 8/20/66
7th and Hope Streets. 8/20/66
7th and Flower Streets. 8/20/66
7th and Flower Streets. 8/20/66
8th and Flower Streets. 8/20/66
A big one goes on Olive Street, near 4th Street. 6/10/66
Last old house on Bunker Hill Avenue. 6/10/66
A big one goes on Olive Avenue, near 4th Street. 6/10/66
Old brick apartment going down. 6/10/66
Oldest frame apartment left on Olive Street. 6/10/66
Last day of Richfield Building's entrance. 11/15/68
8th and Flower Streets intersection. 11/15/68
Roosevelt Building. 11/15/68
Old YMCA building. 11/15/68
Stretch of Flower Street north of 5th Street. 12/7/69
Union Oil Building. 12/7/69
4th and Flower Streets. Sept '70
Flower Street between 4th and 5th Streets. Sept 70
Los Angeles Central Library and nearby structures. Sept '70
YMCA building and neighboring hotel being wrecked. 4/1/70
YMCA being wrecked. 4/1/70
Site of the new YMCA building. 4/1/70
Old hotel nearly razed. 4/1/70
YMCA building being wrecked. 4/1/70
Third Church of Christ, Scientist. 4/1/70
Lowering the grade on cleared Bunker Hill. '70?
Bradbury Building's interior. 4/20/70
5th Street between Flower Street and Grand Avenue. 4/4/70
5th and Flower Street intersection and beyond. 3/1/70
The 62 year old YMCA comes down. 4/1/70
Sunkist Building is wrecked. 2/1/72
Hill Street Tunnels north of 1st Street. 1954
1st Street and Hill Street intersection. 1954
Hill Street Tunnel demolition. 12/1/54
Hill Street Tunnels. 1/16/55
Hill Street tunnel north of Sunset Boulevard. 7/1/58
Health Building. 3/10/55
1st Street and Broadway bordered block. 12/20/56
Hotel Broadway being wrecked. 5/1/55
Broadway north of 1st Street. 9/1/52
Sunset Boulevard and Hill Street. 7/23/61
South Main Street building demolition near 2nd Street. March 1956
Main Street from 1st Street to 2nd Street. 1956
Rear of building on 1st Street. Mar 58
Rear portion of J. & B. Wilson Block. Apr 58
Wilson Block on 1st Street. Mar 58
1st and Los Angeles Streets. June 54
Wrecking old Los Angeles Central Police Station. 12/20/56
1st Street from Broadway to Hill Street. 8/10/56
Wrecking the old building. 6/1/55
Wrecking the Hotel Broadway. 6/1/55
1st Street west of Hill Street.
1st Street and Broadway. 12/20/56
New State Building site.
Broadway south of 1st Street.
New State Highway Building site. 7-28-58
New State building. 7/28/58
Lawyers Title Building. 11/15/60
Civic Center seen from 1st and Hill Streets. 11/15/60
1st Street and Broadway. March 1956
Old wall goes. 10/15/61
Hotel Broadway. 8/15/55
End of the police station. 12/20/56
Richfield-Bank of America excavation site. 12/7/69
6th and Flower Streets. Sept 70
Stretch of Flower Street between Wilshire Boulevard and 6th Street. 5/20/70
6th Street from Flower to Figueroa Streets. 5/20/70
University Club. 10/15/65
University Club. 10/15/65
New State Mutual building. 8/20/66
University Club coming down. 10/1/67
Wilshire Boulevard and Grand Avenue. 9/25/67
University Club about to go. 9/1/67
University Club about to go. Sept 1, 1967
University Club, soon to go. 8/1/67
University Club, soon to go. 8/1/67
University Club and new buildings on Wilshire Boulevard. 6/10/66
Richfield-Bank of America Block. 12/7/69
Richfield Plaza. Sept 1970
Richfield Plaza. 5/20/70
Richfield Center from Union Bank Building's 23rd floor. 5/20/70
Richfield Plaza going up from 6th and Flower Streets. 5/20/70
Richfield Plaza. 5/20/70
5th and Flower Streets. 5/20/70
Richfield Square. 5/20/70
Richfield Plaza, 52-story building going up. 5/20/70
Richfield Plaza, showing steel propping up. 5/20/70
Slides 219-435
Demolition halted on Paramount Theater. 6/12/61
Paramount Theater soon to go. 10/1/60
Boos Brothers Cafeteria is going. 10/1/60
Paramount Theater soon to go. 10/1/60
6th and Hill Streets. 6/20/62
6th and Hill Streets. 6/20/62
Paramount Theater tower along 6th Street. 6/20/62
6th and Hill Streets. 6/20/62
6th and Hill Streets. 6/20/62
Superior Oil Building. 2/20/63
6th Street and Grand Avenue, Savoy Plaza. 9/1/65
6th Street, from Hope Street to Grand Avenue. 8/1/65
6th Street, from Hope Street to Grand Avenue. 8/1/65
6th and Hope Streets. 2/20/63
Crocker-Citizens Plaza. 11/15/68
Biltmore Hotel. Sept 67
Crocker Citizens Bank from 8th Street and Grand Avenue. Sept 67
Crocker Citizens Bank Building from 4th and Fremont Streets. 8/10/68
Edison Building and Crocker Citizens Bank tower. 10-20-68
6th Street and Grand Avenue. 9/1/65
6th Street, from Hope Street to Grand Avenue. 10/15/65
6th Street, from Hope Street to Grand Avenue. 10/15/65
6th and Hope Streets. Mar 66
New Courthouse from top of hill. 8/10/56
Bunker Hill being leveled. 8/10/68
3rd to 4th Streest, Flower to Figueroa Streets. June 65
Bunker Hill from Courthouse roof. 8/1/66
The Gladden's last days. 4/20/57
1st Street looking east from Flower Street. 5/15/57
Bunker Hill block along Hill Street being cleared. 5/15/57
2nd Street east of Grand Avenue. 5/17/57
The Gladden about to go. 5/15/57
Vanderbilt Apartments on Figueroa Street between 3rd and 4th Streets. 4/10/57
The Vanderbilt slum seen from Flower Street. 8/10/56
Old Vanderbilt Apartments collapsed. Feb 59
Old Vanderbilt Apartments collapsed. Feb 59
Last big apartment building going, at 3rd and Olive Streets. 6/1/64
Grand Avenue, north of 3rd Street. 5/15/64
Bunker Hill, 3rd Street and Grand Avenue. 6/20/62
Corner building wrecked and cleared at 3rd Street.
Flower and 5th Streets. 12/31/66
Union Bank Square. 12/15/66
South Bunker Hill Avenue. Mar 66
Civic Center from the Music Center. Mar 66
Grand Avenue gets its grade lowered. 11/1/57
Looking down Grand Avenue from courthouse roof. 8/1/66
Bunker Hill from 1st Street and Grand Avenue. 8/1/66
Bunker Hill, looking down Olive Street from courthouse roof. 8/1/66
Flower Street near 3rd Street. 2/20/63
Flower Street and 3rd Streets. 2/20/63
Last old house on Hope Street wrecked the next day. 7/23/61
1st Street, Grand Avenue to Hope Street. 7/26/61
Civic Center Mall, from courthouse roof. 8/1/66
New mall at Grand Avenue. 8/1/66
Department of Water and Power Building going up. 12/20/62
Civic Center from Grand Avenue. 5/1//57
New Water and Power Building and Music Center construction. 2/20/63
New Water and Power Building, from 2nd Street and Grand Avenue. 2/20/63
Broadway at Temple Street, about to be wrecked. 2/1/57
Hill Street block from 2nd to 1st Streets, just bought by County. 1/1/57
Courthouse from Grand Avenue. 8/1/66
Site of future Department of Water and Power Building, looking northwest. 7/23/61
Hope Street, last old home wrecked the next day. 7/23/61
Court Flight Railroad, and wrecking the Hotel Broadway.
Temple and Spring Streets. 7/26/61
1st and San Pedro Streets.
How to get rid of slums.
In back of burnt out building.
Some of the homes five minutes from City Hall.
[Stairway and laundry].
Paramount Theater. Oct 54
Sign: “WAKE UP, Los Angeles!”
Contrast between new and old.
Looking up from Figueroa Street.
Last days of National Title on Spring Street. 2/1/59
Bradbury Building, 3rd Street and Broadway. 3/10/55
Building's last days on Spring Street. 12/20/58
Back end Bosbyshell Buildings. 2/10/60
Spring Street between 3rd and 4th Streets. 10/1/60
3rd Street east of Broadway. 10/1/60
Broadway north of 3rd Street. 10/5/60
Spring Street between 3rd and 4th Streets. 4/1/60
Spring Street between 3rd and 4th Streets. 7/1/60
Northwest corner of 3rd and Main Streets. 6/30/61
Stimson Building, 3rd and Spring Streets. Aug '55
3rd Street from Angels Flight at Olive Street. 54
Spring Street from 2nd to 3rd Streets. June 54
East side Spring Street, north of 4th Street. 7/1/60
Last buildings to be wrecked on 3rd Street. 9/10/65
Flower to Hope Streets, almost cleared. 9/1/65
Hill Street between 3rd and 4th Streets. 6/10/66
National Title Building. 7/1/58
3rd and Main Streets, old building being cut to one story. 6/1/60
6th and Flower Streets. Sept 67
6th and Flower Streets. Sept 67
6th and Figueroa Streets looking east. Apr 68
Bible Institute Building. 11/15/68
6th and Hill Streets, across the auto park. 12/31/66
Crocker Citizen bank, from construction site. Mar 66
Old building at 6th and Hope Streets. 1/16/55
6th and Olive Streets, City National. Mar 66
Start of City National Bank Building. 10/15/65
6th and Hope Streets. 2/1/57
6th and Flower Streets, excavating for Superior Oil Building.
6th and Hope Streets, wrecking for Superior Oil Building. Aug 55
New Superior Oil Building. 2/1/57
New traffic scramble at 6th and Hill Streets. 6/10/57
6th Street east from Flower Street. 3/1/57
6th and Flower Streets, Bank of California under construction. 4/4/70
St. Paul’s Cathedral and Hilton Hotel, from roof of Jonathan Club. 4/4/70
From roof of Jonathan Club, showing Crocker Citizens Bank. 4/4/70
Jonathan Club, with Richfield Plaza in foreground. 3/1/70
Flower to Figueroa Streets. 6/10/66
6th and Flower Streets. 8/20/66
Jewelers Exchange Building coming down. Sept 1967
1st and Olive Streets on a clear day. 4/20/70
1st Street and Grand Avenue, part of old Bunker Hill, now multiple parking areas. 4/20/70
Bunker Hill cleared near 1st Street and Grand Avenue. 4/20/70
New Bunker Hill near 1st Street and Grand Avenue. 4/20/70
Wilshire Boulevard at Hope Street. 9/1/65
7th and Hope Streets. 8/1/65
7th and Figueroa Streets. 6/10/57
Union Bank Square. 6/10/66
Union Bank Square. 6/10/66
Union Bank Square. 6/10/66
Wrecking old-timers at the freeway. 3/10/57
Plaza buildings. 7/26/61
Wrecking the early buildings. 3/10/57
Grand Central Hotel. 6/1/52
Plaza buildings. 7/26/61
Grand Central Hotel from rear. June 54
Los Angeles and Commercial Streets. June 54
A Standard Oil Station replaces a block of slums. 12/20/56
The Alameda slum at Alameda and Commercial Streets. Mar 54
Civic Center from Grand Avenue. 6/1/59
Civic Center as viewed across freeway from Union Oil Center. 6/10/66
New Hall of Records. 7/27/61
Old church is now Third Church of Christ, Scientist. Sept 70
Wilshire Boulevard and Hope Street. Sept 70
Superior Oil Building under construction. Aug 55
Wrecking of old buildings for Superior Oil Building. Aug '55
Oldest building in downtown Los Angeles. 3/1/57
Figueroa Street between 5th and 6th Streets. 6/10/57
Top of the Richfield Building. 11/15/68
Richfield Building soon to go. 11/15/68
Last day, wrecking started. 11/15/68
Entrance to Richfield Building soon to go. 11/15/68
Richfield-Bank of America Block, showing old Richfield Building. Apr 68
Richfield-Bank of America building site, showing old Richfield Building soon to go. Apr 68
Richfield-Bank of America building site. Apr 68
Richfield-Bank of America Block, 5th Street side. Apr 68
Dawson’s Book Shop. Apr 68
Richfield-Bank of America Block and Dawson’s bookstore. April 68
Richfield-Bank of America Building at 6th and Flower Streets 3/28/69
Clearing the old Richfield Building. 3/28/69
Bank of America Building, from Union Bank Plaza. 1/10/70
Richfield Plaza under construction. 3/1/70
North part of Richfield Plaza from top of Bank of California Building. 3/1/70
Richfield Plaza, 6th and Flower Streets. 4/1/70
Bank of America's 52-story building is started. 4/4/70
Richfield Plaza, 52-story building rising. 4/4/70
Richfield Plaza, 5th and Flower Streets. 4/20/70
The first 52-story building in Los Angeles going up. 4/20/70
1 Wilshire on Grand Avenue between 6th and 7th Streets. Mar 66
Los Angeles Times Building.
City Hall lawn, 1st and Spring Streets.
Land Title, Spring Street building, with tree. 7/1/58
1 Wilshire starts up. 10/15/65
The Plaza partially restored.
5th and Figueroa Streets. Apr 68
5th and Flower Streets. Apr 68
5th and Hill Streets, from across Pershing Square. 12/31/66
Union Bank Square, from 5th Street and Grand Avenue. 12/31/66
5th and Hill Streets, Christmas time. 66
5th and Olive Streets. Mar 66
5th at Olive Streets, showing new Union Bank Square. 6/10/66
Pershing Square buildings on 5th Street. 2/20/63
Union Oil Center. 2/1/59
Union Oil Center, from Bunker Hill. 11/1/57
Union Oil Center. 7/15/57
Union Oil Center. 6/10/57
Union Oil Center underway. 12/20/56
Union Oil Center, from Bunker Hill. 3/1/57
Union Oil Center, from freeway. 3/1/57
5th and Main Streets. 6/20/62
Farmers & Merchants Bank.
Title Insurance Building takes over more ground floor. 7/1/58
Spring Street gets its first trees. 10/1/57
5th and Olive Streets, showing scramble system for traffic. 7/15/57
Rosslyn Hotel Annex being wrecked. Feb 54
4th Street cut under construction. Aug 55
4th Street and Grand Avenue, looking east. 10/1/54
4th Street cut. 10/15/54
4th Street cut from west side of the freeway. 1/16/55
4th Street cut from Bunker Hill. 1/16/55
Building and Loan office to be wrecked for Farmers and Merchants Bank garage.
4th Street from Broadway. 7/15/57
Slides 436-650
4th Street from Main Street. 7/23/61
4th Street west of Spring Street. 7/1/58
Figueroa Street near 4th Street soon to be wrecked. 7/2/62
Westminster Hotel. 2/15/60
Westminster Hotel. 2/15/60
Westminster Hotel. 2/10/60
4th Street and Main Street. 2-10-60
Westminster Hotel. 2/1/60
Westminster Hotel. 2/1/60
Westminster Hotel coming down. 2/1/60
Westminster Hotel from Spring Street through parking lots. June 56
Westminster Hotel built in 1887.
4th and Spring Streets from Broadway. 7/15/57
4th and Spring Streets. Angelus Hotel is gone. Oct 56
Angelus Hotel's last days. June 56
4th and Spring Streets. 7/15/57
4th Street from Broadway to Main Street. Angelus Hotel about to be wrecked. June 56
Angelus Hotel's 4th Street entrance. June 56
4th Street east from Broadway.
Olive Court house. 1/15/57
1st Street looking west from Broadway. 12/20/56
Looking northeast from 5th and Flower Streets at Bunker Hill.
2nd and Hope Streets. June 54
Flower Street near Temple Street. 3/10/57
Bunker Hill being demolished. Flower Street at Court Street, looking toward the freeway. 3/1/57
Bunker Hill near new courthouse. 8/10/56
Bunker Hill, Flower Street at Court Street. 3/1/57
East side of Bunker Hill Avenue between 1st and 2nd Streets. 5/15/57
Olive Street from 2nd Street to 1st Street, just bought by the County. 1/1/57
St. Angelo, built in 1887. June 1954
St. Angelo with new coat of paint and new sign. 6/1/55
St. Angelo being demolished. June '56
St. Angelo being wrecked. June 56
St. Angelo is wrecked and gone. 8/10/56
Amestoy Block, in the shadow of the Federal Building. 1952
Amestoy Block, Los Angeles and Market Streets. '54
Amestoy Block from rear. June 54
Amestoy Block from new Health Building. 12/20/56
Amestoy Block's last days. 7/28/58
Amestoy Block's last days with wrecking about to start. 7/28/58
Amestoy Block from Main Street. 7/28/59
Angels Flight trestle's last days. 6/25/69
2nd Street between Hill and Olive Streets. 6/25/69
Angels Flight gone with the wind and Bunker Hill rebuilding. 6/25/69
Angels Flight all gone but the track. 6/25/69
Angels Flight from 3rd and Olive Streets. 6/1/64
Angels Flight from top looking down. 1/10/63
Angels Flight looking down 3rd Street.
Angels Flight at 3rd and Olive Streets. 4/20/62
Above 3rd Street tunnel, Hill to Olive Streets. June 54
Angels Flight and 3rd Street tunnel. 6/10/66
Angels Flight from 3rd and Hill Streets. 6/12/61.
3rd and Olive Streets. Mar 66
Angels Flight's two cars about to pass old house in back. 6/10/66
Angels Flight standing alone. Mar 66
Old Coulter Building. 1953
Old Coulter Building on Broadway between 2nd and 3rd Streets. 5/1/53
Old Coulter Building. '53
St. Angelo, built in 1887. 53
Pico House, Merced Theater and Masonic Temple. 1953
Demolition of Hellman Mansion, Wilshire Boulevard. Mar 54
Harrison Gray Otis home. 1954
Excavation for new courthouse. 10/1/54
Excavation for new courthouse. 12/1/54
Broadway from 2nd to 3rd Streets. June 54
Main Street from 2nd to 1st Street.
Main Street approaching 2nd Street. June 54
3rd Street and Bunker Hill Avenue. June 54
Grand Avenue and 3rd Street. June 54
Melrose Hotel, built in 1888. June 54
International Bank Building. 54
1st Street and Grand Avenue. June 54
International Bank Building. June 54
Los Angeles Street to the Plaza. June 54
Civic Center, from 1st and Hill Streets. 1/16/55
Hill Street tunnels demolition. 6/1/55
Hill Street tunnel demolished. 8/15/55
Hill Street tunnels nearly gone. 6/1/55
Hill Street tunnels. Mar 1955
Spring Street south from 1st Street. Summer 1955
Old Frost Building, now Haig Prince Block, having coping removed. 3/10/55
2nd Street and Broadway, southeast corner. March 1955
Broadway south of 4th Street. Summer '55
Southeast corner of Hill and 5th Streets. Aug 55
Lankershim Building. Fall '55
The Bradbury Building. Aug 55
International Bank Building. 3/10/55
International Bank Building. Mar 10-55
International Bank Building going down. 2/10/55
International Bank Building from Los Angeles Street. 1/16/55
International Bank Building in demolition. 1/16/55
International Bank Building, from Main Street. 1/15/55
International Bank Building being demolished. 1/16/55
International Bank Building is gone. Aug '55
New Tishman Building at Wilshire Boulevard and Catalina Street. 12/26/56
Macy and Alameda Streets. June 56
Macy and Alameda Streets. June 56
Slums at Ord and Spring Streets. 1956
The new courthouse site from 1st and Hill Streets. 1/16/56
1st Street block to be wrecked. 8/10/56
1st Street, from Broadway to Hill Street, soon to be wrecked. 8/10/56
Hill Street without its tunnels. 1/15/56
Hill Street without tunnels. 1/16/56
Hill Street without tunnels. 1/16/56
Fashion League Building begins demolition. 12/20/56
Spring Street between 2nd and 3rd Streets. Jan '56
Spring Street between 2nd and 3rd Streets. March '56
2nd Street east from Hill Street.
East side of Spring Street between 2nd and 3rd Streets. 1/16/56
2nd and Main Streets. March '56
Beginning demolition of Union League Building. 12/20/56
Demolition of 1st Street block from Hill Street to Broadway. 12/20/56
New courthouse. 12/20/56
1st and Hope Streets. 7/15/56
Bunker Hill, near new Courthouse. 8/10/56
New courthouse. 12/20/58
Courthouse and Civic Center. 12/20/58
1st Street and Broadway. 7/1/58
Sunset Boulevard at Hill Street. Feb 58
Melrose Annex. 12/20/56
The Melrose's last days. 5/15/57
Melrose Hotel demolition. 6/10/57
Wrecking the Melrose. 6/10/57
Demolition of Melrose Hotel. 6/10/57
Melrose Hotel demolition. 7/1/57
Melrose Hotel stands alone. 7/15/57
End of the Argyle. Aug '55
The Argyle demolition. Aug 55
Some of its oldest and some of its best. 4/20/57
Bunker Hill houses. 4/20/57
1st and Olive Streets. 2/1/57
Northwest corner of South Bunker Hill Avenue and 2nd Street. 2/1/57
Last two mansions on Bunker Hill. Dec 67
Last on Bunker Hill, the Castle. 8/10/68
Wrecking of Victorian home on Olive Street. 4/20/57
1st and Olive Streets. 3/10/57
Court Street and Bunker Hill Avenue. 8/10/56
From 3rd and Olive Streets, looking toward Union Bank Square. 6/10/66
Grand and Court Streets. June 54
Old barn on Bunker Hill Avenue near 2nd Street.
Olive Street between 1st and 2nd Streets. 5/15/57
Bunker Hill being wrecked. 8/10/56
Olive Street, 2nd to 1st Streets, being demolished.
4th Street and Grand Avenue. Mar 66
Bunker Hill Avenue going fast. Mar 66
1st and Olive Streets ready for parking cars. 9/15/61
2nd Street and Grand Avenue. 10/1/57
Olive Street between 1st and 2nd Streets. 1/15/57
Brousseau Mansion on Bunker Hill Avenue. 5/15/64
Bunker Hill nearly cleared. 12/1/66
Bunker Hill Avenue at 2nd Street. 6/12/61
Along Bunker Hill Avenue. 6/12/61
Some homes still stand on Bunker Hill Avenue. 11/1/57
Along Bunker Hill Avenue between 2nd and 3rd Streets. 6/12/61
Along Bunker Hill Avenue, 2nd to 3rd Streets. 6/12/67
1st and Olive Streets. 6/15/57
Grand Avenue south of 3rd Street. 4/10/57
Olive Street between 2nd and 1st Streets. 12/26/56
Bunker Hill homes on Grand Avenue. 9/15/56
Bunker Hill homes being wrecked for Civic Center. 9/15/56
Olive Street below 1st Street. 12/28/56
Bunker Hill buildings being wrecked at 1st and Olive Streets. 3/1/57
Rear view of buildings along south side of 3rd Street. 4/20/62
Bunker Hill between 2nd and 3rd Streets. 4/20/62
Apartments going up at 1st and Hope Streets. 8/10/68
1st and Hope Streets. 7/23/61
Bunker Hill Tower apartments are started. Dec 67
New apartments nearing completion. 11/15/68
The Castle, soon to be moved. 10/15/68.
Last homes on Bunker Hill soon to be moved or razed. Aug 1968
The last house on Bunker Hill, its last day. 11/3/68
Bunker Hill Towers are framed in steel. Dec 67
Grand Avenue house. 5/15/64
Olive Street between 3rd and 2nd Streets. 5/15/64
Dome Apartments, after fire killed one. 7/25/64
Demolition at 2nd and Olive Streets. 5/15/64
Southwest corner of 2nd Street and Grand Avenue. 6/12/61
3rd and Olive Streets. 6/1/64
Bunker Hill apartments nearly finished. 11/15/68
Civic Center south of Temple Street. 5/15/57
Grand Avenue, 1st to 2nd Streets. 7/26/61
Plaza buildings being restored. 2/10/60
Civic Center Mall and Music Center. Mar 66
Sunset Boulevard at Grand Avenue. 7/1/58
Paramount Theater closed for wrecking. 10/1/60
Demolition at corner of Los Angeles and Market Streets.
Bank of America gives way to Temple Street extension. 6/1/55
Wrecking old bank building. 2/25/57
Los Angeles and Plaza Streets.
Pico House, Merced Theater, and Masonic Temple. 12/20/56.
Hill Street tunnels site and new courthouse. 12/20/56
1st and Hill Streets, from courthouse roof. 8/1/66
East side of Main Street between 1st and 2nd Streets. 2/15/60
Bicknell Building on Broadway about to go. 7/1/58
Hill Street tunnel demolition at 1st and Hill Streets. 12/1/54
New curb at 1st Street and Fremont Avenue. 12/20/56
Plugged Hill Street tunnel exit at Sunset Boulevard. 7/23/61
Old Hill Street tunnel exit and Mount Lowe sign. 7/23/61
Civic Center from 1st and Hill Streets. 6/10/66
State Building at 1st and Spring Streets. 11/15/60
Slides 651-705
1st and Hill Streets. 11/15/60
View of downtown's telephone tower and Crocker Citizens Bank. Dec 67
Amestoy Block, Main Street. 1/15/55
Dome Apartments after a fire. 7/25/64
Rossmere Apartments. 6/30/61
Last two houses ready to move. 11/15/68
The Castle and its lone neighbor, Salt Box. Aug 1968
The Castle, last house on Bunker Hill, being moved. 11/3/68
Bunker Hill Avenue, between 2nd and 3rd Streets. 2/20/63
Old Richfield Building, from Figueroa Street. Apr 68
Last days of Melrose Hotel on Bunker Hill. 4/20/57
Old house on Pasadena Avenue, Highland Park. 11/15/68
2nd Street from Bunker Hill. 2/20/59
Broadway between 2nd and 3rd Streets. 4/20/59
2nd Street and Broadway. 4/20/59
Spring Street north of 4th Street. 2/1/59
Building under construction. 2/1/59
Courthouse, Grand Avenue. 2/1/59
Grand Avenue, Bunker Hill. 1959
Hope Street, Bunker Hill. 2/1/59
Castelar Street and new Sunset overpass to Hill Street. 2/1/59
6th and Spring Streets. 7/1/58
St. James Park, Chester Place. 9/1/59
Perfect old-timer in St. James Park. 9/1/59
Old County Hospital on Mission Road to be wrecked. 8/8/59
Hill Street opened into Castelar Street over Sunset Boulevard. 9/1/59
Hellman Building at 2nd Street and Broadway. 2/1/59
2nd Street and Broadway block about to be wrecked. 2/1/59
Hellman Building on Broadway soon to be wrecked. 2/20/59
Old Victorian home on Sunset Boulevard. 10/23/60
Old Victorian on Temple Street. 8/10/60
Old building being wrecked above Philippe’s. 6/1/60
Civic Center and part of new mall, from courthouse roof. 8/1/60
2nd and Hill Streets from Bunker Hill. 8/1/60
Old Frost Building being wrecked. 10/23/60
New State Building. 11/15/60
End of the Frost Building. 11/15/60
Northeast corner 2nd and Main Streets. 7/1/60
2nd and Main Streets. 11/15/60
Cathedral of St. Vibiana. 7/1/60
Westminster Hotel. 2/10/60
Bosbyshell and Adams Buildings. 7/1/60
Grand Avenue at 2nd Street. 2/16/60
Grand Avenue, Temple to 1st Streets. 11/15/60
Grand Avenue north from 2nd Street. 2/16/60
Bunker Hill homes. 2/16/60
Bunker Hill homes. 2/16/60
Grand Avenue north from 3rd Street. 2/16/60
Bunker Hill homes. 2/16/60
Bunker Hill homes. 2/16/60
Plaza buildings being restored. 2/10/60
Old Frost Building being wrecked. 10/5/60
New Tishman Building. 2/10/60