Northeast corner of Fifth and Spring streets in downtown Los Angeles, ca. 1905. 

Part of the Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection in the USC Digital Library.

A run on the All Night And Day Bank at the corner of Sixth and Spring in downtown Los Angeles, 1910.

Part of the Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection in the USC Digital Library.

Circa 1925 view of Spring Street, looking south from Sunset Boulevard (now Cesar Chavez Avenue). New High Street branches off on the left.

Part of the Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection in the USC Digital Library.

Circa 1914 view of Spring St. in downtown Los Angeles, looking south from Sixth St.

Paving Spring Street north of Temple, circa 1930s. 

1886 view of the original Ralphs Brothers Grocery store at Spring and Sixth streets in Los Angeles. Brothers George and Walter Ralphs opened their grocery and bakery in 1873. Today, Ralphs is one of Southern California’s largest supermarket chains.

Happy Independence Day! From the USC Digital Library, here’s a photo of Los Angeles celebrating America’s centennial on Spring Street in 1876.

Circa 1885 view of the intersection of Main, Spring, and Temple streets in downtown Los Angeles. The building pictured on the left is the Temple Block, the present-day site of Los Angeles City Hall.

Circa 1900 view of Spring Street, looking north at its intersection with Third Street. The rounded corner of the historic Douglas Building — still standing at Spring and Third today — appears on the left.

1905 view of the northwest corner of Spring and 5th streets in downtown Los Angeles.