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Identifier	post_00323
Title	Spring Street, Los Angeles, California
Creator	Unknown
Date Published	circa 1930
Subject (Topic)	Business districts--California--Los Angeles; Bank buildings--California--Los Angeles; Streets--California--Los Angeles; Sidewalks; Automobiles; Pedestrians; Flags
Subject (Place)	Spring Street (Los Angeles, Calif.); Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Type	image
Form/Genre	Postcards
Physical Description	1 postcard : Color ; 14 x 9 cm
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
Copyright Status	public domain
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Language	eng
Description	View of Spring Street between 6th and 7th streets. California Bank and Los Angeles Stock Exchange are seen on the right.
Historical Background	Around 1910, many of Los Angeles' financial institutions, which had previously been scattered throughout the downtown area, began relocating to Spring Street so that it came to be known as the "Wall Street of the West." It was Los Angeles' original financial district, housing many of the city's banks, title and trust companies, and the Los Angeles Stock Exchange, which opened in October, 1929. Spring Street was also home to one of the first street railways in Los Angeles established in 1874. Between 1900 and 1910, it gave way to the electric trolley system developed by Henry E. Huntington.
Source	Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection