A group of Presbyterian clergymen from Los Angeles and vicinity in 1887 joined in establishing Occidental College—now, as developed under John Willis Baer, one of the promising institutions of the Southwest—locating its site east of the city between First and Second streets, both lots and acreage having been donated with the usual Southern California liberality. There, the following year, the main college building was erected; but in 1896 that structure and most of its contents were destroyed by fire.
Spring Street, Looking North from First, about 1885
Cable Car, Running North on Broadway (Previously Fort Street), near Second
Early Electric Car, with Conductor James Gallagher (still in Service)