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On front: "La Casa de la Centinela Adobe, historical Spanish house built in the early 1800's, where Inglewood was founded by Daniel Freeman. Located at 7634 Midfield Ave., in Northwest Inglewood. Open to visitors from two to four on Wednesday and Sunday afternoons. Groups by appointment. Phone: ORegon 8-1853. Photo by Lee Weinstein." Poem on back: "Adobe Centinela, Inglewood, California. All are welcome to the last / Of this ancient faded story; / Here the present keeps the past, / Here the Casa holds its glory, / Where the passing of New Spain / Left its romance for tomorrow; / All who lived here yet remain, / Bits of laughter and of sorrow. / Once the ox-cart, loaded high, / Came with riches from the vineyard, / Where the sea-winds softly lie, / With the old Pueblo windward. / Now no Californio / Watches herd down this barranca. / Yet time does not seem to go; / And the old walls, painted blanca, / Whisper, whisper, a cappella, / Of Adobe Centinela! Written by Gordon W. Norris, California Poet Laureate." |