- Title
- Los Angeles in 1853
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- Description
- Black-and-white drawing of Los Angeles in 1853; a few clustered buildings with mountains visible in the background.
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- Format Extent
- 1 photograph: black and white; 20 x 25 cm.
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- Subject
- Cities and towns--19th century; City blocks--19th century; Plazas--19th century; Los Angeles, Calif.--History--19th century
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- Note
- 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.
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- Collection
- Loyola Marymount University Archives, Photographic prints 1A
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- Type
- ["Photographs"]
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- Keywords
- ["Cities and towns--19th century","City blocks--19th century","Plazas--19th century","Los Angeles, Calif.--History--19th century"]
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