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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
CBD and Earl, you'll be happy to know I finally located the source of this photograph.
LBPL
Title: Los Angeles Examiner office
Date: 1895
Description:
Shown here is the first Los Angeles Examiner newspaper office in Long Beach,
featuring mission style architecture, red tile roof, and arched, segmented windows.
A woman is seated inside, ready to serve customers at the window. At right, a man
wearing a suit and bowler hat stands in front of the small building.
ORIG. IMAGE: 4" x 5" faded sepia matte print mounted on board.
Provenance:
Gift of Mr. W. S. Clark January, 1917.
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Notice that two dates are given in the description; 1895 and 1917.
The way the provenance is worded, 'January 1917' sounds like the date Mrs. Clark donated the photograph to the Long Beach Public Library.
But I think the January 17 date might be the actual date of the photograph.
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Just ASKING and curious. City Boy Doug and Earl (and possibly Ethereal), why exactly are you so skeptical that this photograph was taken in 1895? I would've guessed around 1900, perhaps a bit earlier, but of course that's my opinion.
For a refresher, I looked up Mission Revival architecture at wikipedia and it says that the style was most popular between 1890 and 1915 and an example from 1894 is the Burlingame Train Station south of San Francisco. Comparing the Burlingame Station and the L.A. Examiner kiosk - the general look and style seems pretty similar to me - especially the windows. Just sayin.'
Burlingame, Ca. Train Depot, 1894
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...7-27-36_PM.JPG
And by the way Ethereal, your sleuthing deserves a bravo. Also, the person in the kiosk doesn't look like a woman to me. Looks like a young, slim guy in some kind of turtleneck pullover or sweater. Again, just sayin.'