This Seaver Center photo is undated and has no identifying information, other than it shows a parade. After I
poked around a bit, I found that the photo shows 113 Temple, at the NE corner of Temple and New High Streets,
c. 1895-99:
P-010-0260Q at
Seaver Center
In this closeup from the above photo, the left side of the sign reads, "Court House Exchange / E. M. Posson":
According to the LA City Directories, from 1895-99 E. M. Posson ran the Court House Exchange (retail
wines and liquors) at 113 Temple Street, which was at the NE corner of Temple and New High Streets:
1895 LACD @ LAPL
1899 LACD @ LAPL
On the Dakin Map below (1888; corrected to Sept 1891), 113 Temple is at lower left, above the "T" in Temple.
New High Street runs along the left edge of the map, and Main Street runs along the right edge:
LAPL / FW Photo
Here is the building with 113 Temple in a photo dated 1875. According to the photo's description, the building
was part of the Downey Block at the NW corner of Main and Temple. However, the structures were built separately
(perhaps they were connected inside?). Anyway, this building was torn down in 1905, as was the Downey Block:
CHS-8515 at USCDL
This c. 1876 photo, taken from LA High School, faces NE with New High Street in the foreground. At left, the steeply
slanted roof of St. Athanasius Church obscures the exact NE corner of Temple and New High, but you can see the rest
of the building, looking about the same as it does in the previous photo, with the Downey Block next door:
GPF.4857 @ Seaver Center
This c. 1875 image looks west on Temple from Main, with the Downey Block at right. Immediately behind the Downey
Block appears to be a one-story version of the two-story building at the NE corner of Temple and New High seen in the
other photos in this post:
SCWHR-P-034-033 at Seaver Center