1870, Census Form

1870 census form including Charles Raphael (row 21). Occupation: Paint Store; Age: 26; Sex: Male; Color: White; Value of Personal Estate: 1,000; Place of Birth:Prusia

1870, Census Form

1870 census form including Charles Raphael (row 21). Occupation: Paint Store; Age: 26; Sex: Male; Color: White; Value of Personal Estate: 1,000; Place of Birth:Prusia

1891, Elliot Map

1891 hand-drawn map showing the Charles Raphael Junction Block Building (red triangular structure). The building is located at the corner of North Spring Street and Baker Street. In front of the building is the Southern Pacific Railroad's River Station.

1888, Sanborn Map

1888. Sanborn insurance map showing the Junction Block (171) and the parcel later occupied by the Charles Raphael Building. In this map present day North Spring Street is show as San Fernando Street.

1894, Sanborn Map

1894 Sanborn insurance map showing the parcel of the Charles Raphael Junction Block Building. As indicated in the map two businesses ocupied the building at that time, the "California Ice Company" in the back portion of the first floor and the "N.Y. Suspender Factory" in the second floor. The map indicates present North Spring Street as Olympia Street.

1894, Pierce Map

1894 hand-drawn Pierce map. The Charles Raphael Junction Block building (triangular red structure) is in the center of the image. Toward the bottom edge of the image is the neighborhood known as Dogtown. Right above the Charles Raphael building is the Souther Pacific Railroad's River Station; and further up Solano Canyon and Elysian Hill. Along the right edge of the image is the Los Angeles River and early North Broadway and North Spring bridges. In this map current day North Spring Street is named San Fernando Street.

1900, H. Raphael Horse Wagon

1900. A horse wagon of the H. Raphael Co. on Wilhardt St. between North Spring Street and Naud Street. The two story building in the background (left) is the Charles Raphael Junction Block building. The trees in the background are on Elysian Park.

1904, H. Raphael Co. Sign

1904. Sign for the H. Raphael Co. on a building in dowtown Los Angeles.

1898, H. Raphael Co.

1898. View of the H. Raphael Glass Company building in downtown Los Angeles. (near the corner of Spring Street and 5th Street).

1906, Sanborn Map

1894 Sanborn insurance map section showing the parcel of the Charles Raphael Junction Block Building. The map indicates that the building was at this time ocupied by the H. Raphael Plate Glass W. Ho. The map indicates present North Spring Street as San Fernando Street. The upper portion of the image shows the railroad tracks of the Souther Pacific Railroad's River Depot (Freight Yards)

1920, Raphael Glass Co.

1920. Sign for the H. Raphael Co. on a building in dowtown Los Angeles.

1907, H. Raphael Co. Sign

1907. Sign for the H. Raphael Co. on a building in dowtown Los Angeles.

1947, Charlie Allen's Painting

"... painted (by Charlie Allen) while at the Art Center School in 1947. The class was weekly, an 'all day' outdoor watercolor effort....actual working time about 4 hours. The first was painted from a pedestrian overpass of a large rail yard in the industrial section..." The features the Southern Pacific River Depot (Freight Yard), the North Broadway Street Bridge, the Charles Raphael Junction Block Building and the Verdugo Hills.

2003, Interior

A view inside the Charles Raphael Junction Block Building in 2003.

2007, View from Park

A view of the Charles Raphael Junction Block Building from inside LASHP in 2007.

2007, Excavating Rail Tracks

The formerly paved over Southern Pacific Rail Yard tracks in front of the Charles Raphael Junction Block Building are excavated in 2007.

2007, Ceiling

A 2007 view inside the Charles Raphael Junction Block Building showing the wood ceiling that seperates the first and second stories of the brick building.