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An interesting corner in Olvera Street, Los Angeles, California : American women's voluntary services canteen.
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Identifier
clloy_051
Title
An
interesting
corner
in
Olvera
Street
,
Los
Angeles
,
California
:
American
women's
voluntary
services
canteen
.
Creator
Unknown
Date Published
circa
1939-1945
Subject (Topic)
Historic
buildings--California--Los
Angeles
;
World
War
,
1939-1945--History--Sources
Subject (Name)
American
Women's
Voluntary
Services
;
Sepulveda
House
Subject (Place)
Olvera
Street
(Los
Angeles
,
Calif.)
;
Downtown
Los
Angeles
(Los
Angeles
,
Calif.)
Type
image
Form/Genre
Postcards
Physical Description
1
postcard
:
Color
;
9
x
14
cm
.
Institution
Department
of
Archives
and
Special
Collections
,
William
H
.
Hannon
Library
,
Loyola
Marymount
University
Country of Creation
US
Copyright Status
public
domain
Copyright Statement
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher
Longshaw
Card
Co
.
Place of Publication
Los
Angeles
,
Calif
.
Language
eng
Description
A
group
of
four
uniformed
soldiers
socializing
outside
of the
Casa
Sepulveda
on
Olvera
Street
.
One
of them
sits
next
to a
sign
which
reads
, "
Welcome
Service
Men
;
Free
Canteen.
"
Historical Background
Olvera
Street
is
situated
the
oldest
part
of
Los
Angeles
,
near
the
Old
Plaza
Church
and
Zanja
Madre
.
Originally
called
Vine
Street
,
it
was
extended
and
renamed
in
1877
for
Agustin
Olvera
, the
first
judge
of the
county
of
Los
Angeles
.
27
historic
buildings
line
the
street
,
including
the
Avila
Adobe
,
built
around
1818
by
former
mayor
Francisco
Avila
, the
Pelanconi
House
,
oldest
brick
house
in the
city
,
dating
from
1855
, and the
Casa
Sepulveda
, or
Sepulveda
House
,
built
in
1887
as an
Eastlake
Victorian
business
and
residential
building
. In
1926
,
Christine
Sterling
began
to
organize
a
project
to
renovate
the
then-dilapidated
part
of
Los
Angeles
and
turn
it
into a
colorful
Mexican
marketplace
and
cultural
center
.
Olvera
Street
continues
to be a
major
tourist
attraction
and
is
now
part
of
El
Pueblo
de
Los
Angeles
Historical
Monument
.
Additional Printed Matter
On back: "Olvera Street is part of the old trail used by Gov. Neve when he founded Los Angeles in 1781. Here Mexican craftsmen and American artists display their colorful wares midst some of the original adobe houses of early California."
Publisher's Identifier
Series number: 625
Additional Notes
Photograph
by
John
Hughes
;
Printed
on
linen
textured
paper
.
Title (Alternative)
American
women's
voluntary
services
canteen
Contributors
Hughes
,
John
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
ARK Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt60003301
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