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Identifier	clloy_188
Title	Beacon Street, City Hall to the right, San Pedro, Cal.
Creator	Unknown
Date Published	1908-1915
Subject (Topic)	Streets--California--Los Angeles; City halls--California--Los Angeles; Stores, Retail--California--Los Angeles
Subject (Name)	City Hall (San Pedro, Calif.)
Subject (Place)	San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Type	image
Form/Genre	Postcards
Physical Description	1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Status	public domain
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/#d.en.3004
Publisher	Edward H. Mitchell
Place of Publication	San Francisco
Language	eng
Description	A daytime view looking downhill on Beacon Street in San Pedro, California, with the domed, neoclassical-style City Hall on the right. Other businesses along the street include H.W. Scott Photograph Studio and a shoe store. Horse-drawn carts and automobiles are both on the road.
Historical Background	San Pedro is a waterfront community located 24 miles south of downtown Los Angeles. Until the mid-19th century, the area was used primarily for ranching and agriculture. In 1853, the Port of San Pedro was designated a Port of Entry, meaning that imported goods bound for Los Angeles no longer had to come by way of San Francisco. That same decade, entrepreneur Phineas Banning began making improvements to the port, and in 1876, the Southern Pacific Railroad linked the port to the transcontinental railroad system. Shipping became the economic basis for the community, which grew rapidly over the decades that followed. In 1897, San Pedro Bay was selected as the site of Los Angeles' free port, winning over Santa Monica to the north. By the 1920s, the Port of Los Angeles had surpassed San Francisco as the busiest port on the West Coast. The domed City Hall located at Seventh and Beacon streets was completed in 1908.
Publisher's Identifier	Series number: 684
Source	Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection