this 1910 image looking east across main street, (maybe taken from the roof of the 1st courthouse??), intrigued me. i was drawn immediately to the paris inn which in this photo would have been located at the south east corner of market street and los angeles street
Source: USC Digital Archive
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...CHS-41536?v=hr
as this next image shows, (i definitely know which building this one is taken from!!!!), the paris inn seems to have been replaced with a gas station
Source: USC Digital Archive
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...CHS-12633?v=hr
the paris inn apparently the happiest place to be in america complete with operatic singing waiters
Source: LAPL
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics18/00008658.jpg
A postcard of the Paris Inn Cafe, "outstanding European cafe of America." The front of the postcard includes photos of the proprietors, I. Pedroli and Bert Rovere.
Source: LAPL
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics18/00008597.jpg
an operatic moment at the paris inn, (which should always be accompanied by a leek
)
(......ok, maybe not always.......)
Source: LAPL
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics40/00039920.jpg