A group of four (4) stereoviews of Los Angeles. Views include: 

1. [Plaz Mission Main St. Los Angeles.] Los Angeles: Adolf Frese, n.d.  Period ink title to verso. Frese's 126 S. Spring St. imprint to verso.

A view of a Los Angeles Railway Co. streetcar with a sign noting "Grand & Downey Aves" by Adolf Frese (1843-1942).

2. 3048. Main St., Los Angeles, from Temple Block. Los Angeles, California: Payne, Stanton & Co., [1881-1886]. View title and imprint to mount recto

An aerial view of Main Street showing the Cosmopolitan Hotel and a portion of the Pico Hotel (right).

3. A.C. Varela (1839-1915), photographer.  No. 204. Sierra Madre Villa. Los Angeles Co., Cal. Los Angeles: A.C. Varela, n.d. Varela's imprint to mount verso. Titled in negative. 

A view of two handsome buildings at Sierra Madre Villa, a popular recreation and resort area in what is now Pasadena. 

4.  The Silent Sentinel. Outdoor view of a donkey. Los Angeles: O.E. Tylers, circa 1870s-1880s. Period ink inscription to verso reads: "The Silent Sentinel of Old Fort Hill. Sonora town in distance."

A portrait of a donkey or burro with the town of Sonora in the distance. 

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