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| | A VISIT TO OLD LOS ANGELES: MAIN STREET (PART 1). |
 | | Closer, the two-story building at the left, with overhang and posts, is the Temple Block, built by Don Juan Temple, across from Temple's General Store (note the latter's angled rather than square corner; this reflects the fact that this is the point at which old Spring Street angled into Main Street). |
 | | Temple would have known, which we saw a moment ago, from the side, from farther down the street. |
 | | Thomas Dillingham Mott arrived in Los Angeles in 1852, was a stable-keeper by 1860, married Maria Ascencion Sepulveda in 1861, was County Clerk 1863-1869, and became political boss of the Democratic Party in L.A. County. |
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