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Identifier	post_00236
Title	Temple Block looking South Showing Post Office, Spring & Main St.
Creator	Unknown
Date Published	circa 1910-1920
Subject (Topic)	Post offices--California--Los Angeles; Banks--California--Los Angeles; Business districts--California--Los Angeles; Streets--California--Los Angeles; Automobiles; Sidewalks
Subject (Name)	United States Postal Service
Subject (Place)	Temple Street (Los Angeles, Calif.); Spring Street (Los Angeles, Calif.); Main Street (Los Angeles, Calif.); Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Type	image
Form/Genre	Postcards
Physical Description	1 postcard : Color ; 8.5 x 13.5 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/
Publisher	Western Publishing & Novelty Co.
Place of Publication	Los Angeles, Cal.
Language	eng
Description	View of the intersection between Temple, Spring and Main streets. The Federal Building and Post Office is seen on the right next to the International Savings and Exchange Bank building at the corner of Temple and Spring streets.
Historical Background	The first federal building was constructed in Los Angeles between 1889-1892. As the first Federal building proved inadequate, a larger, six-story federal buildingwas built on the site of the existing U.S. Courthouse between 1902-1910 and housed the U.S Post office.
Source	Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection