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El Paseo de Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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Description
Identifier
post_00319
Title
El
Paseo
de
Los
Angeles
,
Los
Angeles
,
California
Creator
Unknown
Date Published
circa
1960
Subject (Topic)
Markets--California--Los
Angeles
;
Historic
districts--California--Los
Angeles
;
Crosses
;
Children
;
Vending
stands
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
Copyright Status
public
domain
Copyright Statement
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher
Tichnor
art
Comp
Place of Publication
Los
Angeles
Language
eng
Description
A
woman
and
four
children
dressed
in
ethnic
outfits
are
seen
by the
cross
near
vending
stands
at the
entrance
to
Olvera
Street
,
across
from the
Plaza
. The
inscription
on the
cross
reads
:
El
pueblo
de
Nuestra
Señora
la
reina
de
los
angeles
.
Felipe
de
Neve
,
September
fourth
,
1781
.
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
. The
marketplace
opened
on
Easter
Sunday
(April
20)
,
1930
, and
continues
to be a
major
tourist
attraction
.
It
is
now
part
of
El
Pueblo
de
Los
Angeles
Historical
Monument
.
Additional Printed Matter
On back: "Market place for Mexican curios on the north side of the old Plaza in Los Angeles. Sales girls and waitresses in colorful Mexican costumes sing Mexican folk songs, offering an atmosphere typical of Old Mexico."
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
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