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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
This photograph of the L.A. Court House in 1903 was on eBay a few months ago. When I saw it, there was one bid on it for $25.
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I'm also curious about the nearby building with the short smokestack.
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This photo looks SE from Broadway and Temple. I think the short smokestack in your photo is the stubby one next to the tall one at right:
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Broadway runs along the top of the 1894 Sanborn, which clearly shows an industrial building of some kind next to the county jail and courthouse. The jail opened in December 1886, and that industrial building isn't there on the 1888 Sanborn. Perhaps the industrial building was associated with the 1891 courthouse; the building has no address on either the 1894 or 1906 Sanborns:
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The area looks a little different in 1906:
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