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Identifier	Centennial_00030
Title	Los Angeles in 1853
Creator	Unknown
Date Created	circa 1853?
Subject (Topic)	Cities and towns--19th century; City blocks--19th century; Plazas--19th century; Los Angeles, Calif.--History--19th century
Subject (Place)	Los Angeles (Calif.)
Type	Image
Form/Genre	Photographs
Physical Description	1 photograph: black and white; 20 x 25 cm.
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount University
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/dlp/copyright.htm
Copyright Holder	Loyola Marymount University
Collection Identifier	Loyola Marymount University Archives
Item/Call Number	Photographic prints 1A
Description	Black-and-white drawing of Los Angeles in 1853; a few clustered buildings with mountains visible in the background.
Historical Background	In 1781, Felipe de Neve, the Governor of New Spain (modern day Mexico) recruited several families to establish a series of pueblos across modern-day California as part of a plan to develop the territory and provide support to the Missions. 12 such families, known as "Los Pobladores" were sent to settle along the Porciuncula River near the Mission San Gabriel, established by Father Junipero Serra in 1771. The settlers named their new home, "El Pueblo de la Nuestra Senora Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula" and quickly built a sustainable, if isolated, farming community. In 1850, after California became a United States territory as part of the end of the Mexican-American War of 1846 - 1848, the Pueblo officially became the "City of Los Angeles." Over the next 20 years, Los Angeles continued to develop as a ranching and farming community, but the total population never exceeded 5,000. In 1876, when the Central Pacific Railroad connected Los Angeles to San Francisco, the tide turned, and new industries and economies poured into the area. Within a further 20 years, the population reached 100,000, and throughout the 20th century, Los Angeles' explosive growth continued. By the start of the 21st century, it had become the 2nd largest city in the United States.
Additional Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Metacollection Identifier	http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/
Project note	Centennial

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