Downtown History in Spoon Form
Dave Bullock
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DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — I have been collecting old, public domain books about Downtown Los Angeles for several years now. In the next few months I will be slowly scanning, OCRing and uploading their contents. I will supplement these uploads with modern day photographs of the buildings or the parking lots they have been reduced to.
One of my more interesting recent purchases was not a book, but a spoon. This sterling silver spoon made by Watson Company depicts Downtown circa 1910. Several street cars can be seen along with a wide assortment of buildings. I would guess that the street is Main street, but I am not quite certain.
So I pose three questions to you all:
- What street is shown on the spoon?
- What major buildings can you recognize?
- From what vantage point was this "picture" taken?
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Dave Bullock writes:
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Hmmmm.... kinda hard to tell. I do see The tallest building which was The Continental Building on the right. I do see old city hall on the left. I even see Angel's Flight. So from the angle of Angel's Flight I think We're on Los Angeles St looking west to Bunker Hill or on Bunker Hill looking down to downtown?