I'm going to say that this is a view toward the SWC of Venice Blvd and Toberman, with 1603 Toberman the house we see at the corner.... Almost more of an alley, Toberman ran north from Adams to Washington, then widened to 120' up to Venice—which at the time of the photo was 16th Street—then, with a jog west, up to Pico. Streetcar tracks intersected Toberman at Pico, 16th/Venice, Washington, and 23rd St.... The southerly lots south of Pico straddling Toberman run n/s; the NEC of Washington doesn't work Sanborn-map-wise, but the SWC of 16th/Venice and Toberman does...see below.
1603 Toberman appears to have been built in 1897 or so along with at least its two southerly neighbors, 1607 and 1611. At the time of the vintage image 1603 was occupied by Daniel Peterkin, a clerk at
Brent's, the big credit furniture store.
Permits indicate that 1603 was owned by Anna Stine of
4128 Wilshire Boulevard in 1929, when a demolition permit was issued for it--though a permit issued the next year authorized its move to the NEC of 23rd St and Wellington Road...though if it was moved, it's gone now.
