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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
I'm not sure where the Edison #2 was located,
but at the end of the alley...the building appears to be rounded. Could this be the old Cyclorama??
detail
for comparison
http://www.panoramaonview.org/panora...geofparis.html
souvenir cover with front view.
http://www.panoramaonview.org/panora...geofparis.html
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Was the #2 substation located behind the Edison General Offices on Fourth Street? Would this location place it close enough to have an alley view of the cyclorama?
I know we've seen a Sanborn map of this area on NLA, but I haven't been able to find it yet.
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Yes, that was the Edison #2 substation at 4th and Werdin. That's 4th Street along the top; Werdin has "302" in the middle of it:
1906 Sanborn @ LAPL
And, yes, that's the old Panorama Building, which originally housed a painting of the Battle of Paris from the Franco-Prussian War (that's a great old souvenir cover,
er!).
I don't have permission to show the image, but in the papers of Inglewood founder Daniel Freeman at LMU is a document signed by LA County Sheriff Martin Aguirre dated
August 16, 1889, indicating that Daniel Freeman had bought that painting at auction for $100.